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1979 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Hanrahan et al. v. Hampton et al.

446 U.S. 754 · 100 S. Ct. 1987 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 110

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
79-912
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 754
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1987
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 110

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hanrahan et al. v. Hampton et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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