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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Diamond National Corp. et al. v. State Board of Equalization

425 U.S. 268 · 96 S. Ct. 1530 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 45

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-1038
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 268
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1530
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 45

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Diamond National Corp. et al. v. State Board of Equalization.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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