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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories et al.

460 U.S. 150 · 103 S. Ct. 1011 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 18

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-827
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 150
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1011
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 18

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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