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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Papasan, Superintendent of Education, et al. v. Allain, Governor of Mississippi, et al.

478 U.S. 265 · 106 S. Ct. 2932 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 127

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
85-499
U.S. Reports
478 U.S. 265
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2932
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 127

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Papasan, Superintendent of Education, et al. v. Allain, Governor of Mississippi, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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