1984 term · Burger Court · 4-3
Cornelius, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management v. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.
473 U.S. 788 · 105 S. Ct. 3439 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 133
The record
- Term
- 1984
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 4-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 84-312
- U.S. Reports
- 473 U.S. 788
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 3439
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 133
How the bench divided
MMMMDDD??
M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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