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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Haig, Secretary of State v. Agee

453 U.S. 280 · 101 S. Ct. 2766 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 39

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 and remanded
Docket
80-83
U.S. Reports
453 U.S. 280
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2766
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Haig, Secretary of State v. Agee.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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