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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., et al.

476 U.S. 877 · 106 S. Ct. 2305 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 58

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-1973
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 877
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2305
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 58

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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