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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Gomez v. Toledo

446 U.S. 635 · 100 S. Ct. 1920 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 104

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-5601
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 635
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1920
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 104

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Gomez v. Toledo.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistRegular concurrence

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