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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder et al.

425 U.S. 185 · 96 S. Ct. 1375 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 2

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-1042
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 185
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1375
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 2

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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