1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Bangor Punta Operations, Inc., et al. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co. et al.
417 U.S. 703 · 94 S. Ct. 2578 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 80
The record
- Term
- 1973
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 73-718
- U.S. Reports
- 417 U.S. 703
- S. Ct. citation
- 94 S. Ct. 2578
- LEXIS citation
- 1974 U.S. LEXIS 80
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
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