1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Brown v. Ohio
432 U.S. 161 · 97 S. Ct. 2221 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 117
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-6933
- U.S. Reports
- 432 U.S. 161
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2221
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 117
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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