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1984 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Thomas, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. et al.

473 U.S. 568 · 105 S. Ct. 3325 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 121

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-497
U.S. Reports
473 U.S. 568
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 3325
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 121

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Thomas, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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