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1980 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Cenance et al.

452 U.S. 155 · 101 S. Ct. 2239 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 29

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
80-1205
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 155
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2239
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 29

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Cenance et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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