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1974 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.

419 U.S. 345 · 95 S. Ct. 449 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 50

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-5845
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 449
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 50

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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