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1976 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Parker Seal Co. v. Cummins

429 U.S. 65 · 97 S. Ct. 342 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 172

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
75-478
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 65
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 342
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 172

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Parker Seal Co. v. Cummins.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
Lewis F. PowellNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
John Paul StevensUnknown

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