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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Anderson et al. v. Celebrezze, Secretary of State of Ohio

460 U.S. 780 · 103 S. Ct. 1564 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 145

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
Docket
81-1635
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 780
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1564
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 145

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Anderson et al. v. Celebrezze, Secretary of State of Ohio.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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