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1981 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Central Trust Co., Rochester, N. Y. v. Official Creditors' Committee of Geiger Enterprises, Inc., et al.

454 U.S. 354 · 102 S. Ct. 695 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 55

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-1565
U.S. Reports
454 U.S. 354
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 695
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 55

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Central Trust Co., Rochester, N. Y. v. Official Creditors' Committee of Geiger Enterprises, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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