1977 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Browder v. Director, Department of Corrections of Illinois
434 U.S. 257 · 98 S. Ct. 556 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 53
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 76-5325
- U.S. Reports
- 434 U.S. 257
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 556
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 53
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Regular concurrence |
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