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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Virginia Bankshares, Inc., et al. v. Doris I. Sandberg, et al.

501 U.S. 1083 · 111 S. Ct. 2749 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3819

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
89-1448
U.S. Reports
501 U.S. 1083
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 2749
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 3819

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Virginia Bankshares, Inc., et al. v. Doris I. Sandberg, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
David SouterMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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