1985 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority
476 U.S. 573 · 106 S. Ct. 2080 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 85
The record
- Term
- 1985
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 84-2030
- U.S. Reports
- 476 U.S. 573
- S. Ct. citation
- 106 S. Ct. 2080
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 85
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
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