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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Time, Inc. v. Firestone

424 U.S. 448 · 96 S. Ct. 958 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 26

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
74-944
U.S. Reports
424 U.S. 448
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 958
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 26

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Time, Inc. v. Firestone.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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