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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County, et al. v. Rowley, by Her Parents, Rowley et ux.

458 U.S. 176 · 102 S. Ct. 3034 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-1002
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 176
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3034
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County, et al. v. Rowley, by Her Parents, Rowley et ux.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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