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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. De la Cuesta et al.

458 U.S. 141 · 102 S. Ct. 3014 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 6

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-750
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 141
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3014
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 6

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. De la Cuesta et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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