1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Leis et al. v. Flynt et al.
439 U.S. 438 · 99 S. Ct. 698 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 52
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 77-1618
- U.S. Reports
- 439 U.S. 438
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 698
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 52
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Byron White | Jurisdictional dissent |
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