1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. City of New York et al.
476 U.S. 467 · 106 S. Ct. 2022 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 80
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 84-1923
- U.S. Reports
- 476 U.S. 467
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2022
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 80
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
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