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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Tower, Public Defender of Douglas County, Oregon, et al. v. Glover

467 U.S. 914 · 104 S. Ct. 2820 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 121

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
82-1988
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 914
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2820
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 121

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Tower, Public Defender of Douglas County, Oregon, et al. v. Glover.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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