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1979 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wisconsin

447 U.S. 207 · 100 S. Ct. 2109 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-509
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 207
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2109
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wisconsin.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartUnknown

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