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1975 term · Burger Court · 9-0

American Motorists Insurance Co. v. Starnes

425 U.S. 637 · 96 S. Ct. 1800 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 53

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-1481
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 637
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1800
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 53

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in American Motorists Insurance Co. v. Starnes.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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