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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Kentucky, dba Bureau of State Police v. Graham et al.

473 U.S. 159 · 105 S. Ct. 3099 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-849
U.S. Reports
473 U.S. 159
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 3099
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Kentucky, dba Bureau of State Police v. Graham 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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