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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Doe et al. v. Delaware

450 U.S. 382 · 101 S. Ct. 1495 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 84

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
79-5932
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 382
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1495
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 84

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Doe et al. v. Delaware.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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