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1984 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Jensen, Director, Department of Motor Vehicles of Nebraska, et al. v. Quaring

472 U.S. 478 · 105 S. Ct. 3492 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-1944
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 478
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 3492
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Jensen, Director, Department of Motor Vehicles of Nebraska, et al. v. Quaring.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Sandra Day O'ConnorNo participation
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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