1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona State Tax Commission
448 U.S. 160 · 100 S. Ct. 2592 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 144
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 78-1604
- U.S. Reports
- 448 U.S. 160
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 2592
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 144
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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