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1982 term · Burger Court · 6-3

City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc., et al.

462 U.S. 416 · 103 S. Ct. 2481 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 63

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
81-746
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 416
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2481
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 63

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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