The decision brought a strong dissent from one justice and partial dissent from two others.
Another View There are some strong dissents to the thesis that job growth and economic growth are still linked so closely.
Significantly for the outcome today, some of the strongest dissents had come from Justices on the conservative end of the Court's spectrum.
Aides say it will also contain a strong dissent from the eight committee Democrats in the minority, who have called the proceedings a political inquisition.
The decision was notable for the majority's insistence, over strong dissents, on deciding issues that were arguably not even before the Court.
In the same case, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a stronger dissent expressing a similar idea.
The fact that no one else agreed with him was no deterrent to publishing a strong dissent.
Decisions were reached through informal consensus, and strong dissent was expressed by abandoning a residential band.
There was a strong dissent by one member of the commission.
There was strong dissent among the Apple corps, of course.