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1984 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth et al.

471 U.S. 681 · 105 S. Ct. 2297 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 20

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-1961
U.S. Reports
471 U.S. 681
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2297
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 20

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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