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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Boston Stock Exchange et al. v. State Tax Commission et al.

429 U.S. 318 · 97 S. Ct. 599 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 32

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-1019
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 318
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 599
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 32

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Boston Stock Exchange et al. v. State Tax Commission et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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