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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Dickerson, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. New Banner Institute, Inc.

460 U.S. 103 · 103 S. Ct. 986 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 132

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-1180
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 103
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 986
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 132

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dickerson, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. New Banner Institute, Inc.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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