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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-3

City of Eastlake et al. v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

426 U.S. 668 · 96 S. Ct. 2358 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 186

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-1563
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 668
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2358
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 186

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in City of Eastlake et al. v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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