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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Upham et al. v. Seamon et al.

456 U.S. 37 · 102 S. Ct. 1518 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 91

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
81-1724
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 37
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1518
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 91

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Upham et al. v. Seamon 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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