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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Texas v. Brown

460 U.S. 730 · 103 S. Ct. 1535 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 143

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-419
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 730
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1535
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 143

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 6 concurring

How each justice voted in Texas v. Brown.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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