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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Kulko v. Superior Court of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco (Horn, Real Party in Interest)

436 U.S. 84 · 98 S. Ct. 1690 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 87

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-293
U.S. Reports
436 U.S. 84
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1690
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 87

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kulko v. Superior Court of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco (Horn, Real Party in Interest).
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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