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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.

473 U.S. 614 · 105 S. Ct. 3346 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 129

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
83-1569
U.S. Reports
473 U.S. 614
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 3346
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 129

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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