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1982 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Simopoulos v. Virginia

462 U.S. 506 · 103 S. Ct. 2532 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-185
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 506
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2532
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Simopoulos v. Virginia.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent

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