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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc., et al.

467 U.S. 51 · 104 S. Ct. 2218 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 87

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-56
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 51
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2218
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 87

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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