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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Durham County, North Carolina, et al.

479 U.S. 130 · 107 S. Ct. 499 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 22

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
85-1021
U.S. Reports
479 U.S. 130
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 499
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 22

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Durham County, North Carolina, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority

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