1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang et ux.
450 U.S. 139 · 101 S. Ct. 1027 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 71
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-485
- U.S. Reports
- 450 U.S. 139
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 1027
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 71
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Jurisdictional dissent |
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