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1974 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., et al.

419 U.S. 281 · 95 S. Ct. 438 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 51

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-1055
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 281
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 438
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 51

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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