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2001 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., et al.

535 U.S. 722 · 122 S. Ct. 1831 · 2002 U.S. LEXIS 3818

The record

Term
2001
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
00-1543
U.S. Reports
535 U.S. 722
S. Ct. citation
122 S. Ct. 1831
LEXIS citation
2002 U.S. LEXIS 3818

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd., et al.
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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