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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Planned Parenthood Association of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc., et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri, et al.

462 U.S. 476 · 103 S. Ct. 2517 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 64

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
81-1255
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 476
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2517
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Planned Parenthood Association of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc., et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri, et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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