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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-2

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

435 U.S. 1 · 98 S. Ct. 906 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 62

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-88
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 906
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 62

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

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

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