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1975 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Utah v. United States

427 U.S. 461 · 96 S. Ct. 3187 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 157

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
31 ORIG
U.S. Reports
427 U.S. 461
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 3187
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 157

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Utah v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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