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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Arkansas v. Mississippi

471 U.S. 377 · 105 S. Ct. 2131 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 7

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
92 ORIG
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 377
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2131
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 7

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Arkansas v. Mississippi.
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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