Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1985

Lake Coal Co., Inc. v. Roberts & Schaefer Co.

Decided December 3, 1985. The Court ruled per curiam, an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 84-1240 · 474 U.S. 120 (1985)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

Majority · 9

Byron Raymond White
Harry Andrew Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Thurgood Marshall
Warren Earl Burger
William Hubbs Rehnquist
William Joseph Brennan Jr.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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