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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

434 U.S. 412 · 98 S. Ct. 694 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 148

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-1383
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 412
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 694
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 148

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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