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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. Maine et al.

420 U.S. 515 · 95 S. Ct. 1155 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 121

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
35 ORIG
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 515
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1155
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 121

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Maine et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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