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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States et al. v. Midwest Video Corp.

406 U.S. 649 · 92 S. Ct. 1860 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 166

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-506
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 649
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1860
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 166

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States et al. v. Midwest Video Corp.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William J. BrennanJudgment of the Court
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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