1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Dixon, Secretary of State of Illinois v. Love
431 U.S. 105 · 97 S. Ct. 1723 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 82
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-1513
- U.S. Reports
- 431 U.S. 105
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 1723
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 82
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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