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1980 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Kassel, Director of Transportation, et al. v. Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware

450 U.S. 662 · 101 S. Ct. 1309 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 17

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-1320
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 662
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1309
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 17

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kassel, Director of Transportation, et al. v. Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellJudgment of the Court
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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