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1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Alexander et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development et al.

441 U.S. 39 · 99 S. Ct. 1572 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 31

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-874
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 39
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1572
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 31

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Alexander et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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