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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Secretary of the Interior et al. v. California et al.

464 U.S. 312 · 104 S. Ct. 656 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 15

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-1326
U.S. Reports
464 U.S. 312
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 656
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 15

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Secretary of the Interior et al. v. California et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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