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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

McCain et al. v. Lybrand et al.

465 U.S. 236 · 104 S. Ct. 1037 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-282
U.S. Reports
465 U.S. 236
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1037
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in McCain et al. v. Lybrand et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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