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1972 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Heublein, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission

409 U.S. 275 · 93 S. Ct. 483 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-879
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 275
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 483
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Heublein, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartUnknown

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