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1979 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York et al. v. Tomanio

446 U.S. 478 · 100 S. Ct. 1790 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 100

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
79-424
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 478
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1790
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 100

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York et al. v. Tomanio.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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