1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26, et al. v. Pico, by His Next Friend Pico, et al.
457 U.S. 853 · 102 S. Ct. 2799 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 8
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 80-2043
- U.S. Reports
- 457 U.S. 853
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 2799
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 8
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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