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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Pressler, Member, U.S. House of Representatives v. Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.

431 U.S. 169 · 97 S. Ct. 2162 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
76-1005
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 169
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2162
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pressler, Member, U.S. House of Representatives v. Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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