1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Holloway et al. v. Arkansas
435 U.S. 475 · 98 S. Ct. 1173 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 77
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 76-5856
- U.S. Reports
- 435 U.S. 475
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1173
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 77
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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