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1973 term · Burger Court · 7-1

National Railroad Passenger Corp. et al. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers

414 U.S. 453 · 94 S. Ct. 690 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 39

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-1289
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 453
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 690
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in National Railroad Passenger Corp. et al. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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