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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. City of Fulton et al.

475 U.S. 657 · 106 S. Ct. 1422 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 93

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-1725
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 657
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1422
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 93

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. City of Fulton 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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