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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Pierce County

476 U.S. 253 · 106 S. Ct. 1834 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 156

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
85-385
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 253
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1834
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 156

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Pierce County.
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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