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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Dixson v. United States

465 U.S. 482 · 104 S. Ct. 1172 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
82-5279
U.S. Reports
465 U.S. 482
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1172
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dixson v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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