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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services et al. v. Florida Nursing Home Association et al.

450 U.S. 147 · 101 S. Ct. 1032 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 72

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
80-532
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 147
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1032
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 72

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services et al. v. Florida Nursing Home Association et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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