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1982 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Bolger et al. v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.

463 U.S. 60 · 103 S. Ct. 2875 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 85

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-1590
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 60
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2875
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 85

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Bolger et al. v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanUnknown

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