to take place in a Delaware forum. Concurring opinions Justices Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and John P. Stevens each authored concurring opinions. Both agreed with the outcome in this case, but differed on the question of whether the analysis would be the same if the property in question was real estate instead of stock. Powell would reserve judgment on whether ownership of real property would constitute minimum contacts. Stevens saw no in rem jurisdiction for stocks because of the lack of notice to purchasers of securities that the purchase may subject them to such jurisdiction, but would not say the same for real estate. Dissenting opinion Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. wrote a dissenting opinion, largely concurring in the Court's method of analyzing the jurisdictional issue, but disagreeing with the ultimate result. Brennan agreed that International Shoe required a determination whether the defendants had at least minimum contacts sufficient to subject them to jurisdiction in Delaware. However, he would have held that defendants did have such contacts because the directors voluntarily associated themselves with Delaware by becoming directors of a Delaware corporation. Justice William H. Rehnquist did not participate in the decision of the case. See also United States corporate law List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 433 List of United States Supreme Court cases Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court References External links [ Official Website of the Supreme Court of the United States] Case Brief for Shaffer v. Heitner at Lawnix.com 1977 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States personal jurisdiction case law Greyhound Lines Legal history of Delaware United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court