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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Board of License Commissioners of the Town of Tiverton v. Pastore, Liquor Control Administrator of Rhode Island, et al.

469 U.S. 238 · 105 S. Ct. 685 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
83-963
U.S. Reports
469 U.S. 238
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 685
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Board of License Commissioners of the Town of Tiverton v. Pastore, Liquor Control Administrator of Rhode Island, 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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