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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Askew, Governor of Florida, et al. v. American Waterways Operators, Inc., et al.

411 U.S. 325 · 93 S. Ct. 1590 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 139

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-1082
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 325
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1590
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 139

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Askew, Governor of Florida, et al. v. American Waterways Operators, Inc., 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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