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1995 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hiles

516 U.S. 400 · 116 S. Ct. 890 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 1552

The record

Term
1995
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
95-6
U.S. Reports
516 U.S. 400
S. Ct. citation
116 S. Ct. 890
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 1552

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Hiles.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority

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