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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Wise, Mayor of Dallas, et al. v. Lipscomb et al.

437 U.S. 535 · 98 S. Ct. 2493 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 120

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
77-529
U.S. Reports
437 U.S. 535
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2493
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 120

How the bench divided

M 1 majorityC 5 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Wise, Mayor of Dallas, et al. v. Lipscomb et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteJudgment of the Court
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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