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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Lee

455 U.S. 252 · 102 S. Ct. 1051 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 70

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-767
U.S. Reports
455 U.S. 252
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1051
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 70

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. Lee.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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