1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts
471 U.S. 724 · 105 S. Ct. 2380 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 23
The record
- Term
- 1984
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 84-325
- U.S. Reports
- 471 U.S. 724
- S. Ct. citation
- 105 S. Ct. 2380
- LEXIS citation
- 1985 U.S. LEXIS 23
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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