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1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Mississippi University for Women et al. v. Hogan

458 U.S. 718 · 102 S. Ct. 3331 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 157

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-406
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 718
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3331
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 157

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mississippi University for Women et al. v. Hogan.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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