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1982 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue

460 U.S. 575 · 103 S. Ct. 1365 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 6

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-1839
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 575
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1365
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 6

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent

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