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1975 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. v. Cottrell, Health Officer of Mississippi

424 U.S. 366 · 96 S. Ct. 923 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 91

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-1148
U.S. Reports
424 U.S. 366
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 923
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 91

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. v. Cottrell, Health Officer of Mississippi.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensUnknown

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