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1997 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

C. Elvin Feltner, Jr. v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.

523 U.S. 340 · 118 S. Ct. 1279 · 1998 U.S. LEXIS 2301

The record

Term
1997
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
96-1768
U.S. Reports
523 U.S. 340
S. Ct. citation
118 S. Ct. 1279
LEXIS citation
1998 U.S. LEXIS 2301

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in C. Elvin Feltner, Jr. v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence

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