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1977 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Jobst

434 U.S. 47 · 98 S. Ct. 95 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 154

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-860
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 47
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 95
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 154

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Jobst.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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