1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Larson, Commissioner of Securities, Minnesota Department of Commerce, et al. v. Valente et al.
456 U.S. 228 · 102 S. Ct. 1673 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 98
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 80-1666
- U.S. Reports
- 456 U.S. 228
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 1673
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 98
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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