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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Caryl, Tax Commissioner of West Virginia

497 U.S. 916 · 110 S. Ct. 3202 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 3530

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 and remanded
Docket
88-421
U.S. Reports
497 U.S. 916
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 3202
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3530

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Caryl, Tax Commissioner of West Virginia.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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