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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Shapiro, Essex County Executive

455 U.S. 345 · 102 S. Ct. 1103 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 28

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-1436
U.S. Reports
455 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1103
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Shapiro, Essex County Executive.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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