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1982 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams

462 U.S. 791 · 103 S. Ct. 2706 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 76

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-11
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 791
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2706
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 76

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mennonite Board of Missions v. Adams.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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