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1984 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States v. Albertini

472 U.S. 675 · 105 S. Ct. 2897 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 100

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-1624
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 675
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2897
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 100

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Albertini.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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