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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund et al. v. Central Transport, Inc., et al.

472 U.S. 559 · 105 S. Ct. 2833 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-2157
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 559
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2833
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund et al. v. Central Transport, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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