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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles

475 U.S. 608 · 106 S. Ct. 1395 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 90

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-1644
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 608
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1395
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 90

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William RehnquistDissent

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