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1981 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al.

457 U.S. 52 · 102 S. Ct. 2223 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 117

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
81-1097
U.S. Reports
457 U.S. 52
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2223
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 117

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William RehnquistDissent
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Byron WhiteUnknown

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