1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Wygant et al. v. Jackson Board of Education et al.
476 U.S. 267 · 106 S. Ct. 1842 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 157
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 84-1340
- U.S. Reports
- 476 U.S. 267
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 1842
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 157
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Judgment of the Court |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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