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1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Black, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources, et al. v. Romano

471 U.S. 606 · 105 S. Ct. 2254 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 18

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-465
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 606
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2254
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 18

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Black, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources, et al. v. Romano.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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