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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Shell Oil Company v. Iowa Department of Revenue

488 U.S. 19 · 109 S. Ct. 278 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 5056

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-984
U.S. Reports
488 U.S. 19
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 278
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 5056

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Shell Oil Company v. Iowa Department of Revenue.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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