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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of California, Solano County (Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., Real Party in Interest)

480 U.S. 102 · 107 S. Ct. 1026 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 555

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-693
U.S. Reports
480 U.S. 102
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 1026
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 555

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 5 concurring

How each justice voted in Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of California, Solano County (Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., Real Party in Interest).
JusticeVote
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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