1978 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Secretary of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania et al. v. Institutionalized Juveniles et al.
442 U.S. 640 · 99 S. Ct. 2523 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 131
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 77-1715
- U.S. Reports
- 442 U.S. 640
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2523
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 131
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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