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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Federal Election Commission et al. v. National Right to Work Committee et al.

459 U.S. 197 · 103 S. Ct. 552 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 172

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-1506
U.S. Reports
459 U.S. 197
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 552
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 172

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Federal Election Commission et al. v. National Right to Work Committee et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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