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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. et al. v. Shell Oil Co. et al.

444 U.S. 572 · 100 S. Ct. 800 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 24

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-1651
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 572
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 800
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 24

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. et al. v. Shell Oil Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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