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1983 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Cooper et al. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

467 U.S. 867 · 104 S. Ct. 2794 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 119

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-185
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 867
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2794
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 119

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Cooper et al. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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