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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction of California, et al. v. Students of the California School for the Blind et al.

471 U.S. 148 · 105 S. Ct. 1820 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 199

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
84-436
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 148
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1820
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 199

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction of California, et al. v. Students of the California School for the Blind et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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