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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Twentieth Century Music Corp. et al. v. Aiken

422 U.S. 151 · 95 S. Ct. 2040 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 156

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-452
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 151
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2040
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 156

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Twentieth Century Music Corp. et al. v. Aiken.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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