1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD, et al. v. Zenith Radio Corp. et al.
475 U.S. 574 · 106 S. Ct. 1348 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 38
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 83-2004
- U.S. Reports
- 475 U.S. 574
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 1348
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 38
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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