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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Carey, State'S Attorney of Cook County, Illinois v. Wynn et al.

439 U.S. 8 · 99 S. Ct. 49 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 137

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
78-229
U.S. Reports
439 U.S. 8
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 49
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 137

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Carey, State'S Attorney of Cook County, Illinois v. Wynn et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensUnknown

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