1985 term · Burger Court · 6-1
United States v. American Bar Endowment et al.
477 U.S. 105 · 106 S. Ct. 2426 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 110
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 85-599
- U.S. Reports
- 477 U.S. 105
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2426
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 110
How the bench divided
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M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Unknown |
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