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1985 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Public Service Commission of Maryland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland

476 U.S. 445 · 106 S. Ct. 2239 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 78

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
84-1362
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 445
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2239
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 78

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Public Service Commission of Maryland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown

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