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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

471 U.S. 524 · 105 S. Ct. 2210 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 16

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-2136
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 524
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2210
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 16

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 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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