1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Linmark Associates, Inc., et al. v. Township of Willingboro et al.
431 U.S. 85 · 97 S. Ct. 1614 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 81
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 76-357
- U.S. Reports
- 431 U.S. 85
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 1614
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 81
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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