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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Costello et al. v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation, et al.

430 U.S. 325 · 97 S. Ct. 1191 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-5920
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 325
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1191
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Costello et al. v. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation, 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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