1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. Kentucky Department of Education
470 U.S. 656 · 105 S. Ct. 1544 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 73
The record
- Term
- 1984
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 83-1798
- U.S. Reports
- 470 U.S. 656
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 1544
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 73
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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