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1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub et al.

471 U.S. 343 · 105 S. Ct. 1986 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 5

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
84-261
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 343
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 1986
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub 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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