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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

F. D. Rich Co., Inc., et al. v. United States for the Use of Industrial Lumber Co., Inc.

417 U.S. 116 · 94 S. Ct. 2157 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 20

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
72-1382
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 116
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2157
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 20

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in F. D. Rich Co., Inc., et al. v. United States for the Use of Industrial Lumber Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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