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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Webster

430 U.S. 313 · 97 S. Ct. 1192 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-457
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 313
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1192
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Webster.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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