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1984 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz

471 U.S. 462 · 105 S. Ct. 2174 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 14

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
83-2097
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 462
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2174
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 14

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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