1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture v. Castillo et al.
477 U.S. 635 · 106 S. Ct. 2727 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 72
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
- Docket
- 85-250
- U.S. Reports
- 477 U.S. 635
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2727
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 72
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
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