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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Parham v. Hughes

441 U.S. 347 · 99 S. Ct. 1742 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 90

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-3
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 347
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1742
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 90

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Parham v. Hughes.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartJudgment of the Court
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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