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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie et al.

475 U.S. 813 · 106 S. Ct. 1580 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 101

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
84-1601
U.S. Reports
475 U.S. 813
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1580
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 101

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Lavoie et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensUnknown

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