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1980 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Kissinger et al. v. Halperin et al.

452 U.S. 713 · 101 S. Ct. 3132 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 120

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
79-880
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 713
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 3132
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 120

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Kissinger et al. v. Halperin et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
Lewis F. PowellNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
William RehnquistUnknown

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