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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management

470 U.S. 768 · 105 S. Ct. 1620 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-5954
U.S. Reports
470 U.S. 768
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1620
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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