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1983 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Time, Inc.

468 U.S. 641 · 104 S. Ct. 3262 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 147

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-729
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 641
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3262
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 147

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Time, Inc.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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