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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. California

432 U.S. 40 · 97 S. Ct. 2915 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 112

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
5 ORIG
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 40
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2915
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 112

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. California.
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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