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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. v. Baird et al.

443 U.S. 622 · 99 S. Ct. 3035 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 17

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-329
U.S. Reports
443 U.S. 622
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 3035
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 17

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 5 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. v. Baird et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellJudgment of the Court
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent

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