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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. et al.

463 U.S. 29 · 103 S. Ct. 2856 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 84

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
82-354
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 29
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2856
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 84

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., et al. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence

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