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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming et al.

460 U.S. 226 · 103 S. Ct. 1054 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-554
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 226
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1054
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensRegular concurrence
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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