1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al.
470 U.S. 869 · 105 S. Ct. 1676 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 80
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
- 83-1274
- U.S. Reports
- 470 U.S. 869
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 1676
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 80
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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