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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.

405 U.S. 233 · 92 S. Ct. 898 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 154

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
70-70
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 233
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 898
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 154

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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