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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Maurice Smith, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, et al.

496 U.S. 167 · 110 S. Ct. 2323 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2952

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
88-325
U.S. Reports
496 U.S. 167
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 2323
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 2952

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Maurice Smith, Director, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorJudgment of the Court
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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