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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Gulf Oil Corp. et al. v. Copp Paving Co., Inc., et al.

419 U.S. 186 · 95 S. Ct. 392 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-1012
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 186
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 392
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gulf Oil Corp. et al. v. Copp Paving Co., Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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