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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Grolier Inc.

462 U.S. 19 · 103 S. Ct. 2209 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 45

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-372
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 19
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2209
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 45

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Grolier Inc.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence

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