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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown

466 U.S. 147 · 104 S. Ct. 1723 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 54

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-181
U.S. Reports
466 U.S. 147
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1723
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 54

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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