1969 term · Burger Court · 6-1
Simpson v. Union Oil Co. of California
396 U.S. 13 · 90 S. Ct. 30 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3318
The record
- Term
- 1969
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 419
- U.S. Reports
- 396 U.S. 13
- S. Ct. citation
- 90 S. Ct. 30
- LEXIS citation
- 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3318
How the bench divided
MMMMMCD?
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Jurisdictional dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Unknown |
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