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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Austin et al. v. New Hampshire et al.

420 U.S. 656 · 95 S. Ct. 1191 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 106

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-2060
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 656
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1191
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 106

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Austin et al. v. New Hampshire et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown

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