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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Gulf Oil Co. et al. v. Bernard et al.

452 U.S. 89 · 101 S. Ct. 2193 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 28

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
80-441
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 89
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2193
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Gulf Oil Co. et al. v. Bernard 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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