1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Trainor, Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, et al. v. Hernandez et ux.
431 U.S. 434 · 97 S. Ct. 1911 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 96
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 75-1407
- U.S. Reports
- 431 U.S. 434
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 1911
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 96
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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