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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States et al. v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp. et al.

406 U.S. 742 · 92 S. Ct. 1941 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 122

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
71-227
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 742
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1941
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 122

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States et al. v. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp. et al.
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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