1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3
American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez et al.
446 U.S. 274 · 100 S. Ct. 1673 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 34
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 79-1
- U.S. Reports
- 446 U.S. 274
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 1673
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 34
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDDD
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Jurisdictional dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Jurisdictional dissent |
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