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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Fiallo, a Minor, by Rodriguez, et al. v. Bell, Attorney General, et al.

430 U.S. 787 · 97 S. Ct. 1473 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 78

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
75-6297
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 787
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1473
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 78

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Fiallo, a Minor, by Rodriguez, et al. v. Bell, Attorney General, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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