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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Mandel, Governor of Maryland, et al. v. Bradley et al.

432 U.S. 173 · 97 S. Ct. 2238 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 118

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
76-128
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 173
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2238
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 118

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Mandel, Governor of Maryland, et al. v. Bradley et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
William RehnquistUnknown

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