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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Rice, Director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Norman Williams Co. et al.

458 U.S. 654 · 102 S. Ct. 3294 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 156

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-1012
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 654
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3294
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 156

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Rice, Director, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of California v. Norman Williams Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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