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1983 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Roberts, Acting Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, et al. v. United States Jaycees

468 U.S. 609 · 104 S. Ct. 3244 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 146

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-724
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 609
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3244
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 146

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurring? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Roberts, Acting Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, et al. v. United States Jaycees.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerUnknown
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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