1977 term · Burger Court · 5-4
First National Bank of Boston et al. v. Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts
435 U.S. 765 · 98 S. Ct. 1407 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 83
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 76-1172
- U.S. Reports
- 435 U.S. 765
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1407
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 83
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on First Amendment
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.