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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Windward Shipping (London) Ltd. et al. v. American Radio Association, AFL-CIO, et al.

415 U.S. 104 · 94 S. Ct. 959 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 28

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-1061
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 104
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 959
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Windward Shipping (London) Ltd. et al. v. American Radio Association, AFL-CIO, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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