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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Jeff D. et al., Minors, by and Through Their Next Friend, Johnson, et al.

475 U.S. 717 · 106 S. Ct. 1531 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 96

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-1288
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 717
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1531
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 96

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Evans, Governor of Idaho, et al. v. Jeff D. et al., Minors, by and Through Their Next Friend, Johnson, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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