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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Amerada Hess Corp. et al. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury

490 U.S. 66 · 109 S. Ct. 1617 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1738

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-453
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 66
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1617
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 1738

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Amerada Hess Corp. et al. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the Treasury.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown

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