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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston et al.

469 U.S. 111 · 105 S. Ct. 613 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 30

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
83-997
U.S. Reports
469 U.S. 111
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 613
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 30

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston et al.
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

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