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1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Aznavorian

439 U.S. 170 · 99 S. Ct. 471 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 143

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-991
U.S. Reports
439 U.S. 170
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 471
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 143

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Aznavorian.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence

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