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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Army and Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan

456 U.S. 728 · 102 S. Ct. 2118 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 37

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-1437
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 728
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2118
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 37

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Army and Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence

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