1977 term · Burger Court · 7-0
Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia
435 U.S. 829 · 98 S. Ct. 1535 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 84
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 76-1450
- U.S. Reports
- 435 U.S. 829
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1535
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 84
How the bench divided
MMMMMMC??
M 6 majorityC 1 concurring? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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