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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya

464 U.S. 183 · 104 S. Ct. 584 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 11

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-91
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 183
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 584
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 11

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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