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1996 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al.

521 U.S. 121 · 117 S. Ct. 1953 · 1997 U.S. LEXIS 3864

The record

Term
1996
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
96-272
U.S. Reports
521 U.S. 121
S. Ct. citation
117 S. Ct. 1953
LEXIS citation
1997 U.S. LEXIS 3864

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Metropolitan Stevedore Company v. John Rambo et al.
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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