1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3
School District of Omaha et al. v. United States et al.
433 U.S. 667 · 97 S. Ct. 2905 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 147
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 76-705
- U.S. Reports
- 433 U.S. 667
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 2905
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 147
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Jurisdictional dissent |
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