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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

California ex rel. State Lands Commission v. United States

457 U.S. 273 · 102 S. Ct. 2432 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 126

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
89 ORIG
U.S. Reports
457 U.S. 273
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2432
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 126

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in California ex rel. State Lands Commission v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence

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