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1972 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al. v. Bentex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.

412 U.S. 645 · 93 S. Ct. 2488 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-555
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 645
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2488
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al. v. Bentex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartUnknown
William J. BrennanUnknown

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