1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2
United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations et al.
453 U.S. 114 · 101 S. Ct. 2676 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 127
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-608
- U.S. Reports
- 453 U.S. 114
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 2676
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 127
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCDD
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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