1972 term · Burger Court · 6-2
Hughes Tool Co. et al. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
409 U.S. 363 · 93 S. Ct. 647 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 143
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 71-827
- U.S. Reports
- 409 U.S. 363
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 647
- LEXIS citation
- 1973 U.S. LEXIS 143
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
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