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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Finley, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois v. Murray

456 U.S. 604 · 102 S. Ct. 2226 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 107

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
80-2205
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 604
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2226
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 107

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Finley, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois v. Murray.
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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