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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Victory Carriers, Inc., et al. v. Law

404 U.S. 202 · 92 S. Ct. 418 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
70-54
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 202
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 418
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Victory Carriers, Inc., et al. v. Law.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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