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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Capital Cities Media, Inc., Tdba the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, et al. v. Toole, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County

466 U.S. 378 · 104 S. Ct. 2144 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
83-599
U.S. Reports
466 U.S. 378
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2144
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Capital Cities Media, Inc., Tdba the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, et al. v. Toole, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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