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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine

450 U.S. 248 · 101 S. Ct. 1089 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 75

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
79-1764
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 248
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1089
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 75

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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