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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Karcher, Speaker, New Jersey Assembly, et al. v. Daggett et al.

462 U.S. 725 · 103 S. Ct. 2653 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 75

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-2057
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 725
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2653
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 75

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Karcher, Speaker, New Jersey Assembly, et al. v. Daggett et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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