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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

City of Newport et al. v. Fact Concerts, Inc., et al.

453 U.S. 247 · 101 S. Ct. 2748 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 129

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
80-396
U.S. Reports
453 U.S. 247
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2748
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 129

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in City of Newport et al. v. Fact Concerts, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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