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1981 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Velde, Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, et al. v. National Black Police Assn., Inc., et al.

458 U.S. 591 · 102 S. Ct. 3503 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 153

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
80-1074
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 591
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3503
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 153

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Velde, Administrator, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, et al. v. National Black Police Assn., Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
John Paul StevensUnknown

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