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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. et al.

486 U.S. 204 · 108 S. Ct. 1765 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2475

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-363
U.S. Reports
486 U.S. 204
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1765
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2475

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown

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