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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Maine et al. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)

471 U.S. 375 · 105 S. Ct. 2131 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
35 ORIG
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 375
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2131
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Maine et al. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case).
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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