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1995 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., et al. v. Lawrence Epstein, et al.

516 U.S. 367 · 116 S. Ct. 873 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 1550

The record

Term
1995
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
94-1809
U.S. Reports
516 U.S. 367
S. Ct. citation
116 S. Ct. 873
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 1550

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., et al. v. Lawrence Epstein, et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
David SouterDissent
Ruth Bader GinsburgDissent

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