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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Goldfarb et ux. v. Virginia State Bar et al.

421 U.S. 773 · 95 S. Ct. 2004 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 13

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-70
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 773
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2004
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 13

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Goldfarb et ux. v. Virginia State Bar et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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