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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States Department of Transportation et al. v. Paralyzed Veterans of America et al.

477 U.S. 597 · 106 S. Ct. 2705 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 70

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-289
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 597
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2705
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 70

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States Department of Transportation et al. v. Paralyzed Veterans of America et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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