1981 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Blum, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al. v. Yaretsky et al.
457 U.S. 991 · 102 S. Ct. 2777 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 141
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-1952
- U.S. Reports
- 457 U.S. 991
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 2777
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 141
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCDD
M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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