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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.

472 U.S. 749 · 105 S. Ct. 2939 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 103

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-18
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 749
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2939
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 103

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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