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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Brennan et al. v. Armstrong et al.

433 U.S. 672 · 97 S. Ct. 2907 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 148

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
76-809
U.S. Reports
433 U.S. 672
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2907
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 148

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Brennan et al. v. Armstrong et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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