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1972 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Fri, Acting Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency v. Sierra Club et al.

412 U.S. 541 · 93 S. Ct. 2770 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 122

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-804
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 541
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2770
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 122

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Fri, Acting Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency v. Sierra Club et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William O. DouglasNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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