1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Bates et al. v. State Bar of Arizona
433 U.S. 350 · 97 S. Ct. 2691 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 23
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Attorneys
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 76-316
- U.S. Reports
- 433 U.S. 350
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2691
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 23
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Attorneys
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Attorneys accounts for 103 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.