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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corporation of America

481 U.S. 69 · 107 S. Ct. 1637 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1811

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-71
U.S. Reports
481 U.S. 69
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 1637
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 1811

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corporation of America.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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