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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Philadelphia Gear Corp.

476 U.S. 426 · 106 S. Ct. 1931 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
84-1972
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 426
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1931
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Philadelphia Gear Corp.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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