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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

MTM, Inc., et al. v. Baxley, Attorney General of Alabama, et al.

420 U.S. 799 · 95 S. Ct. 1278 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 53

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-1119
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 799
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1278
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 53

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in MTM, Inc., et al. v. Baxley, Attorney General of Alabama, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent

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