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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Saratoga Fishing Company v. J. M. Martinac & Company and Marco Seattle Inc.

520 U.S. 875 · 117 S. Ct. 1783 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3394

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
95-1764
U.S. Reports
520 U.S. 875
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 1783
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 3394

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Saratoga Fishing Company v. J. M. Martinac & Company and Marco Seattle Inc.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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