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1979 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co. et al.

446 U.S. 142 · 100 S. Ct. 1540 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 122

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-381
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 142
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1540
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 122

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent

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