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1981 term · Burger Court · 4-3

Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, Personal Representative of the Estates of Fehilly et al.

454 U.S. 235 · 102 S. Ct. 252 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 133

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-848
U.S. Reports
454 U.S. 235
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 252
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 133

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, Personal Representative of the Estates of Fehilly et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown

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