1978 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Colautti, Secretary of Welfare of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Franklin et al.
439 U.S. 379 · 99 S. Ct. 675 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 51
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 77-891
- U.S. Reports
- 439 U.S. 379
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 675
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 51
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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