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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut v. Roe et al.

432 U.S. 464 · 97 S. Ct. 2376 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 129

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-1440
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 464
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2376
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 129

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut v. Roe et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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