
1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1
Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co. et al.
487 U.S. 312 · 108 S. Ct. 2405 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2879
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 86-1845
- U.S. Reports
- 487 U.S. 312
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2405
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2879
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCD
M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Judicial Power
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Judicial Power accounts for 1,258 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
Mercilyn Buchanan etc. v. Stanships, Inc., et al.
Stewart Organization, Inc., et al. v. Ricoh Corp. et al.
United States Catholic Conference et al. v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc., et al.
Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. Laplante et al.
James M. White, etc. v. United States et al.
Pavelic & Leflore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corp., et al.