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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co., Ltd., et al.

451 U.S. 596 · 101 S. Ct. 1945 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 25

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-1977
U.S. Reports
451 U.S. 596
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1945
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 25

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co., Ltd., 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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