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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-0

Federal Power Commission v. Moss et al.

424 U.S. 494 · 96 S. Ct. 1003 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 125

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-883
U.S. Reports
424 U.S. 494
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1003
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 125

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurring? 3 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission v. Moss et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartUnknown
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
John Paul StevensUnknown

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