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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Gurley, dba Gurley Oil Co. v. Rhoden, Chairman, Tax Commission of Mississippi

421 U.S. 200 · 95 S. Ct. 1605 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 11

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1734
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 200
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1605
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 11

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Gurley, dba Gurley Oil Co. v. Rhoden, Chairman, Tax Commission of Mississippi.
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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