Board of Education of the City School District of New York et al. v. Harris, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.
Decided November 28, 1979. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 78-873 · 444 U.S. 130 (1979)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- John Paul Stevens
- Thurgood Marshall
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 3
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Potter Stewart · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
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