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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Mead Corp. v. Tilley et al.

490 U.S. 714 · 109 S. Ct. 2156 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2709

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-1868
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 714
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2156
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2709

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mead Corp. v. Tilley et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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