1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Beltran v. Myers, Director, California State Department of Health, et al.
451 U.S. 625 · 101 S. Ct. 1961 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 101
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 80-5303
- U.S. Reports
- 451 U.S. 625
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 1961
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 101
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
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