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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Rossi et al.

456 U.S. 25 · 102 S. Ct. 1510 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 54

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-1924
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 25
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1510
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 54

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Rossi et al.
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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