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1983 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Block, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Community Nutrition Institute et al.

467 U.S. 340 · 104 S. Ct. 2450 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 97

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-458
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 340
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2450
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 97

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Block, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Community Nutrition Institute et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensUnknown

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