1976 term · Burger Court · 7-1
Shaffer et al. v. Heitner
433 U.S. 186 · 97 S. Ct. 2569 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 139
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-1812
- U.S. Reports
- 433 U.S. 186
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2569
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 139
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCD?
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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