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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Young, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration v. Community Nutrition Institute et al.

476 U.S. 974 · 106 S. Ct. 2360 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 62

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-664
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 974
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2360
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 62

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Young, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration v. Community Nutrition Institute 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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