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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Jago, Former Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, et al. v. Van Curen

454 U.S. 14 · 102 S. Ct. 31 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 141

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-1942
U.S. Reports
454 U.S. 14
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 31
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 141

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jago, Former Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, et al. v. Van Curen.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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