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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. et al. v. Bruch et al.

489 U.S. 101 · 109 S. Ct. 948 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 599

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
87-1054
U.S. Reports
489 U.S. 101
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 948
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 599

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. et al. v. Bruch et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Antonin ScaliaRegular concurrence

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