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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society et al.

421 U.S. 240 · 95 S. Ct. 1612 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 108

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-1977
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 240
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1612
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 108

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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