1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0
St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church et al. v. South Dakota
451 U.S. 772 · 101 S. Ct. 2142 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 105
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 80-120
- U.S. Reports
- 451 U.S. 772
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 2142
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 105
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
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