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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. Rodgers et al.

461 U.S. 677 · 103 S. Ct. 2132 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 40

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-1476
U.S. Reports
461 U.S. 677
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2132
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 40

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Rodgers et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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