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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security Entrapment et al.

477 U.S. 41 · 106 S. Ct. 2390 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 107

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-521
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 41
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2390
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 107

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security Entrapment et al.
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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