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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Upjohn Co. et al. v. United States et al.

449 U.S. 383 · 101 S. Ct. 677 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 56

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-886
U.S. Reports
449 U.S. 383
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 677
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 56

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Upjohn Co. et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence

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