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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of California et al.

405 U.S. 251 · 92 S. Ct. 885 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-49
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 251
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 885
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of California et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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