1981 term · Burger Court · 8-0
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Claiborne Hardware Co. et al.
458 U.S. 886 · 102 S. Ct. 3409 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 49
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 81-202
- U.S. Reports
- 458 U.S. 886
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 3409
- LEXIS citation
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 49
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMC?
M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
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