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1982 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha et al.

462 U.S. 919 · 103 S. Ct. 2764 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 80

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Miscellaneous
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
80-1832
U.S. Reports
462 U.S. 919
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2764
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 80

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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