1985 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Roy et al.
476 U.S. 693 · 106 S. Ct. 2147 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 52
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 84-780
- U.S. Reports
- 476 U.S. 693
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2147
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 52
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCCD
M 3 majorityC 5 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
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