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1983 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Clark, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Community for Creative Non-Violence et al.

468 U.S. 288 · 104 S. Ct. 3065 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 136

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-1998
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 288
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3065
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 136

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Clark, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Community for Creative Non-Violence et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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