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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Johnson et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore et al.

472 U.S. 353 · 105 S. Ct. 2717 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 105

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-518
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 353
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2717
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 105

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Johnson et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore 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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