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1978 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.

442 U.S. 289 · 99 S. Ct. 2301 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 129

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-225
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 289
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2301
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 129

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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