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1984 term · Burger Court · 7-1

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson

470 U.S. 409 · 105 S. Ct. 1347 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 63

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-914
U.S. Reports
470 U.S. 409
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1347
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 63

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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