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1983 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Summa Corp. v. California ex rel. State Lands Commission et al.

466 U.S. 198 · 104 S. Ct. 1751 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 56

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-708
U.S. Reports
466 U.S. 198
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1751
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 56

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Summa Corp. v. California ex rel. State Lands Commission et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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