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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. National Bank of Commerce

472 U.S. 713 · 105 S. Ct. 2919 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 102

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-498
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 713
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2919
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 102

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. National Bank of Commerce.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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