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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Vance, Secretary of State, et al. v. Bradley et al.

440 U.S. 93 · 99 S. Ct. 939 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-1254
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 93
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 939
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Vance, Secretary of State, et al. v. Bradley et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent

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