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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Selective Service System et al. v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group et al.

468 U.S. 841 · 104 S. Ct. 3348 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 151

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-276
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 841
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 3348
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 151

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Selective Service System et al. v. Minnesota Public Interest Research Group et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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