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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Board of Curators of the University of Missouri et al. v. Horowitz

435 U.S. 78 · 98 S. Ct. 948 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 64

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-695
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 78
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 948
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Curators of the University of Missouri et al. v. Horowitz.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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