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1985 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Ohio Civil Rights Commission et al. v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc., et al.

477 U.S. 619 · 106 S. Ct. 2718 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 71

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-488
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 619
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2718
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 71

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Ohio Civil Rights Commission et al. v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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