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1970 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Atlantic City Electric Co. et al. v. United States et al.

400 U.S. 73 · 91 S. Ct. 259 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 236

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78
U.S. Reports
400 U.S. 73
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 259
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 236

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Atlantic City Electric Co. et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
Hugo BlackNo participation
John M. Harlan IINo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
William O. DouglasUnknown

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