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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Payne et al.

476 U.S. 926 · 106 S. Ct. 2333 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-1948
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 926
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2333
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. v. Payne et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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