1971 term · Burger Court · 4-2
Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Co.
404 U.S. 453 · 92 S. Ct. 637 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 119
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 4-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 70-38
- U.S. Reports
- 404 U.S. 453
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 637
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 119
How the bench divided
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M 4 majorityD 2 dissenting? 3 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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