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1985 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Maine v. Taylor et al.

477 U.S. 131 · 106 S. Ct. 2440 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
85-62
U.S. Reports
477 U.S. 131
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 2440
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Maine v. Taylor et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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