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1982 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Rice, Director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Rehner

463 U.S. 713 · 103 S. Ct. 3291 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 104

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-401
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 713
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 3291
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 104

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rice, Director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Rehner.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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