1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Atkins, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare v. Rivera et al.
477 U.S. 154 · 106 S. Ct. 2456 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 112
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 85-632
- U.S. Reports
- 477 U.S. 154
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2456
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 112
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMM
M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
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