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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Schiavone et al. v. Fortune, aka Time, Inc.

477 U.S. 21 · 106 S. Ct. 2379 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 106

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
84-1839
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 21
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2379
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 106

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Schiavone et al. v. Fortune, aka Time, Inc.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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