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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Blanchette et al., Trustees of Property of Penn Central Transportation Co. v. Connecticut General Insurance Corp. et al.

419 U.S. 102 · 95 S. Ct. 335 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 12

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-165
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 102
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 335
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 12

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Blanchette et al., Trustees of Property of Penn Central Transportation Co. v. Connecticut General Insurance Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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