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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-1

County Board of Arlington County, Virginia, et al. v. Richards et al.

434 U.S. 5 · 98 S. Ct. 24 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 26

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
76-1418
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 5
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 24
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 26

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in County Board of Arlington County, Virginia, et al. v. Richards et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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