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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Franchise Tax Board of California v. United States Postal Service

467 U.S. 512 · 104 S. Ct. 2549 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 106

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-372
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 512
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2549
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 106

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Franchise Tax Board of California v. United States Postal Service.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority