1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Welch v. Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, et al.
483 U.S. 468 · 107 S. Ct. 2941 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2893
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 85-1716
- U.S. Reports
- 483 U.S. 468
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2941
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2893
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Judgment of the Court |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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