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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Fullilove et al. v. Klutznick, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

448 U.S. 448 · 100 S. Ct. 2758 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-1007
U.S. Reports
448 U.S. 448
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2758
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Fullilove et al. v. Klutznick, Secretary of Commerce, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerJudgment of the Court
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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