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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.

411 U.S. 582 · 93 S. Ct. 1736 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 75

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1059
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 582
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1736
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 75

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Petroleum Corp.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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