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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, by and Through Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

476 U.S. 227 · 106 S. Ct. 1819 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 155

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
84-1259
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 227
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1819
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 155

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, by and Through Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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