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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Piper et al. v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.

430 U.S. 1 · 97 S. Ct. 926 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-353
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 926
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Piper et al. v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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