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1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.

397 U.S. 137 · 90 S. Ct. 844 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 63

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
301
U.S. Reports
397 U.S. 137
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 844
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 63

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority

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