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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians et al.

476 U.S. 667 · 106 S. Ct. 2133 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 88

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
85-225
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 667
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2133
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 88

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William RehnquistUnknown

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