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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Hooper et al. v. Bernalillo County Assessor

472 U.S. 612 · 105 S. Ct. 2862 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 97

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-231
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 612
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2862
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 97

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hooper et al. v. Bernalillo County Assessor.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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