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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Santa Fe Industries, Inc., et al. v. Green et al.

430 U.S. 462 · 97 S. Ct. 1292 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 66

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-1753
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 462
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 1292
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 66

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Santa Fe Industries, Inc., et al. v. Green et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent

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