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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Gainesville Utilities Department et al. v. Florida Power Corp.

402 U.S. 515 · 91 S. Ct. 1592 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
464
U.S. Reports
402 U.S. 515
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 1592
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Gainesville Utilities Department et al. v. Florida Power Corp.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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