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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Board of Education of Rogers, Arkansas, et al. v. McCluskey, by His Next Friend, McCluskey

458 U.S. 966 · 102 S. Ct. 3469 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 160

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-1577
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 966
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3469
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 160

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Education of Rogers, Arkansas, et al. v. McCluskey, by His Next Friend, McCluskey.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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