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1982 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Landon, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Plasencia

459 U.S. 21 · 103 S. Ct. 321 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 164

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-129
U.S. Reports
459 U.S. 21
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 321
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 164

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Landon, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Plasencia.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent

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