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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Caban v. Mohammed et ux.

441 U.S. 380 · 99 S. Ct. 1760 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 92

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-6431
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 380
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1760
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 92

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Caban v. Mohammed et ux.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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