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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing

474 U.S. 214 · 106 S. Ct. 507 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-1273
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 214
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 507
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence

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