1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Harris, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. McRae et al.
448 U.S. 297 · 100 S. Ct. 2671 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 145
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 79-1268
- U.S. Reports
- 448 U.S. 297
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 2671
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 145
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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