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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. et al. v. Woodson, District Judge of Creek County, Oklahoma, et al.

444 U.S. 286 · 100 S. Ct. 559 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-1078
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 286
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 559
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. et al. v. Woodson, District Judge of Creek County, Oklahoma, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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