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1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.

396 U.S. 212 · 90 S. Ct. 347 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3104

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
9
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 212
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 347
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3104

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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