1977 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Flagg Bros., Inc., et al. v. Brooks et al.
436 U.S. 149 · 98 S. Ct. 1729 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 90
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 77-25
- U.S. Reports
- 436 U.S. 149
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 1729
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 90
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
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