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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Federal Power Commission v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division et al.

411 U.S. 458 · 93 S. Ct. 1723 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 7

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
72-486
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 458
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1723
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 7

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division 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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