Skip to main content
Independent · not a government site

1993 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

West Lynn Creamery, Inc., et al. v. Jonathan Healy, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture

512 U.S. 186 · 114 S. Ct. 2205 · 1994 U.S. LEXIS 4638

The record

Term
1993
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
93-141
U.S. Reports
512 U.S. 186
S. Ct. citation
114 S. Ct. 2205
LEXIS citation
1994 U.S. LEXIS 4638

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in West Lynn Creamery, Inc., et al. v. Jonathan Healy, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

Same issue area

Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Economic Activity accounts for 1,819 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.

Browse all Economic Activity decisions →