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1980 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Rosewell, Treasurer of Cook County, Illinois, et al. v. Lasalle National Bank, Trustee

450 U.S. 503 · 101 S. Ct. 1221 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
79-1157
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 503
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1221
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rosewell, Treasurer of Cook County, Illinois, et al. v. Lasalle National Bank, Trustee.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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