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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Kush et al. v. Rutledge

460 U.S. 719 · 103 S. Ct. 1483 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 142

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-1675
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 719
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1483
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 142

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Kush et al. v. Rutledge.
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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