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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Herb'S Welding, Inc., et al. v. Gray et al.

470 U.S. 414 · 105 S. Ct. 1421 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 64

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-728
U.S. Reports
470 U.S. 414
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1421
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Herb'S Welding, Inc., et al. v. Gray et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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