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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

United States v. James et al.

478 U.S. 597 · 106 S. Ct. 3116 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 136

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
Docket
85-434
U.S. Reports
478 U.S. 597
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 3116
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 136

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. James et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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