1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Taylor
481 U.S. 58 · 107 S. Ct. 1542 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1514
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 85-686
- U.S. Reports
- 481 U.S. 58
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 1542
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1514
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
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