1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Brown et al. v. Thomson, Secretary of State of Wyoming, et al.
462 U.S. 835 · 103 S. Ct. 2690 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 78
The record
- Term
- 1982
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 82-65
- U.S. Reports
- 462 U.S. 835
- S. Ct. citation
- 103 S. Ct. 2690
- LEXIS citation
- 1983 U.S. LEXIS 78
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
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