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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Standard Oil Co. of California

404 U.S. 558 · 92 S. Ct. 661 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 155

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-527
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 558
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 661
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 155

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Standard Oil Co. of California.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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