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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Alabama Power Co. v. Davis

431 U.S. 581 · 97 S. Ct. 2002 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 99

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-451
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 581
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2002
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 99

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Alabama Power Co. v. Davis.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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