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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Alexander, Governor of Tennessee, et al. v. Choate et al.

469 U.S. 287 · 105 S. Ct. 712 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 39

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-727
U.S. Reports
469 U.S. 287
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 712
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Alexander, Governor of Tennessee, et al. v. Choate et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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