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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Southland Corp. et al. v. Keating et al.

465 U.S. 1 · 104 S. Ct. 852 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 2

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-500
U.S. Reports
465 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 852
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 2

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Southland Corp. et al. v. Keating et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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