Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2007

Meadwestvaco Corporation, Successor in Interest to the Mead Corporation v. Illinois Department of Revenue et al

Decided April 15, 2008. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-1413 · 553 U.S. 16 (2008)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

Majority · 8

Samuel A. Alito Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
David Hackett Souter
John Glover Roberts Jr.
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Gerald Breyer

Concurring · 1

Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion

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