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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

American Express Co. v. Koerner

452 U.S. 233 · 101 S. Ct. 2281 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-202
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 233
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2281
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in American Express Co. v. Koerner.
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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