1979 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Brown, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Glines
444 U.S. 348 · 100 S. Ct. 594 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 68
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 78-1006
- U.S. Reports
- 444 U.S. 348
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 594
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 68
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
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