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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Dion

476 U.S. 734 · 106 S. Ct. 2216 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 53

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-246
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 734
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2216
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 53

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Dion.
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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