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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Farmer, Special Admininistrator v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25, et al.

430 U.S. 290 · 97 S. Ct. 1056 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 57

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
75-804
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 290
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1056
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 57

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Farmer, Special Admininistrator v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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