1978 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Hutchinson v. Proxmire et al.
443 U.S. 111 · 99 S. Ct. 2675 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 140
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 78-680
- U.S. Reports
- 443 U.S. 111
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2675
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 140
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCD
M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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