1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Nixon v. Fitzgerald
457 U.S. 731 · 102 S. Ct. 2690 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 42
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 79-1738
- U.S. Reports
- 457 U.S. 731
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 2690
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 42
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
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