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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Martinez et al. v. California et al.

444 U.S. 277 · 100 S. Ct. 553 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 64

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-1268
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 277
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 553
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Martinez et al. v. California et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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