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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Super Tire Engineering Co. et al. v. McCorkle et al.

416 U.S. 115 · 94 S. Ct. 1694 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 124

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-1554
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 115
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1694
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 124

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Super Tire Engineering Co. et al. v. McCorkle et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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