1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Yuckert
482 U.S. 137 · 107 S. Ct. 2287 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2477
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 85-1409
- U.S. Reports
- 482 U.S. 137
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2287
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2477
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
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