1975 term · Burger Court · 7-1
Virginia State Board of Pharmacy et al. v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc., et al.
425 U.S. 748 · 96 S. Ct. 1817 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 55
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 74-895
- U.S. Reports
- 425 U.S. 748
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 1817
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 55
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCD?
M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Unknown |
Same issue area
More on First Amendment
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.