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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Rodriguez et al. v. Popular Democratic Party et al.

457 U.S. 1 · 102 S. Ct. 2194 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 115

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-328
U.S. Reports
457 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2194
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 115

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Rodriguez et al. v. Popular Democratic Party 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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