1977 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
438 U.S. 265 · 98 S. Ct. 2733 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 5
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 76-811
- U.S. Reports
- 438 U.S. 265
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 2733
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 5
How the bench divided
MCCCCDDDD
M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Lewis F. Powell | Judgment of the Court |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
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