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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hansen

450 U.S. 785 · 101 S. Ct. 1468 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 85

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-1162
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 785
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1468
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 85

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hansen.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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