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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. S. A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense (Varig Airlines) et al.

467 U.S. 797 · 104 S. Ct. 2755 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 116

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-1349
U.S. Reports
467 U.S. 797
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2755
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 116

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. S. A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense (Varig Airlines) et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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