1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3
City of Mobile, Alabama, et al. v. Bolden et al.
446 U.S. 55 · 100 S. Ct. 1490 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 121
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 77-1844
- U.S. Reports
- 446 U.S. 55
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 1490
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 121
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Judgment of the Court |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
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