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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Iron Arrow Honor Society et al. v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

464 U.S. 67 · 104 S. Ct. 373 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 119

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
83-118
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 67
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 373
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 119

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Iron Arrow Honor Society et al. v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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