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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Board of Education of the City School District of New York et al. v. Harris, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.

444 U.S. 130 · 100 S. Ct. 363 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-873
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 130
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 363
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Education of the City School District of New York et al. v. Harris, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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