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1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Trimble et al. v. Gordon et al.

430 U.S. 762 · 97 S. Ct. 1459 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-5952
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 762
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1459
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Trimble et al. v. Gordon et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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