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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nancy J. Schwalb and William McGlone

493 U.S. 40 · 110 S. Ct. 381 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 5693

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-1979
U.S. Reports
493 U.S. 40
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 381
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 5693

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. Nancy J. Schwalb and William McGlone.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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