1985 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Acosta v. Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources et al.
478 U.S. 251 · 106 S. Ct. 2876 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 125
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 85-1500
- U.S. Reports
- 478 U.S. 251
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2876
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 125
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Jurisdictional dissent |
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