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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United States v. General Dynamics Corp. et al.

415 U.S. 486 · 94 S. Ct. 1186 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 32

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-402
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 486
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1186
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 32

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. General Dynamics Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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