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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Texaco Inc.

415 U.S. 125 · 94 S. Ct. 1002 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 29

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-347
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 125
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1002
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 29

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Texaco Inc.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasJurisdictional dissent
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Byron WhiteUnknown

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