1972 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al. v. Wichita Board of Trade et al.
412 U.S. 800 · 93 S. Ct. 2367 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 144
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 72-214
- U.S. Reports
- 412 U.S. 800
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 2367
- LEXIS citation
- 1973 U.S. LEXIS 144
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Judgment of the Court |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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