1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange et al.
409 U.S. 289 · 93 S. Ct. 573 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 27
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 71-858
- U.S. Reports
- 409 U.S. 289
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 573
- LEXIS citation
- 1973 U.S. LEXIS 27
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Economic Activity
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Economic Activity accounts for 1,819 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.