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1974 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Williams & Wilkins Co v. United States

420 U.S. 376 · 95 S. Ct. 1344 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 3976

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1279
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 376
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1344
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 3976

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Williams & Wilkins Co v. United States.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William O. DouglasNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Lewis F. PowellNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
Harry BlackmunUnknown