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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. et al.

416 U.S. 470 · 94 S. Ct. 1879 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-187
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 470
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1879
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Kewanee Oil Co. v. Bicron Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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