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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Mohasco Corp. v. Silver

447 U.S. 807 · 100 S. Ct. 2486 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 138

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
Docket
79-616
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 807
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2486
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 138

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mohasco Corp. v. Silver.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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