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1972 term · Burger Court · 4-3

Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States

410 U.S. 366 · 93 S. Ct. 1022 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 131

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-991
U.S. Reports
410 U.S. 366
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1022
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 131

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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