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1979 term · Burger Court · 4-3

California Brewers Assn. et al. v. Bryant et al.

444 U.S. 598 · 100 S. Ct. 814 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-1548
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 598
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 814
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in California Brewers Assn. et al. v. Bryant et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
John Paul StevensUnknown

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