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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Inwood Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.

456 U.S. 844 · 102 S. Ct. 2182 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 113

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-2182
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 844
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 2182
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 113

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Inwood Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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