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1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0

National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.

470 U.S. 451 · 105 S. Ct. 1441 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-1492
U.S. Reports
470 U.S. 451
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1441
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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