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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

American Radio Assn., AFL-CIO, et al. v. Mobile Steamship Assn., Inc., et al.

419 U.S. 215 · 95 S. Ct. 409 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 48

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-748
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 215
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 409
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 48

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in American Radio Assn., AFL-CIO, et al. v. Mobile Steamship Assn., Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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