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1982 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Block, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. North Dakota ex rel. Board of University and School Lands

461 U.S. 273 · 103 S. Ct. 1811 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 26

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-2337
U.S. Reports
461 U.S. 273
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1811
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 26

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Block, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. North Dakota ex rel. Board of University and School Lands.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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