1975 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Hughes, Secretary of Transportation of Maryland, et al. v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.
426 U.S. 794 · 96 S. Ct. 2488 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 136
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
- Docket
- 74-1607
- U.S. Reports
- 426 U.S. 794
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 2488
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 136
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
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