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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans et al. v. Norris

463 U.S. 1073 · 103 S. Ct. 3492 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
82-52
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 1073
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 3492
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans et al. v. Norris.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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