1980 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Stone et al. v. Graham, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky
449 U.S. 39 · 101 S. Ct. 192 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-321
- U.S. Reports
- 449 U.S. 39
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 192
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Jurisdictional dissent |
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