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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania et al.

447 U.S. 715 · 100 S. Ct. 2432 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 50

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-343
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 715
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2432
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 50

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania 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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