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1976 term · Burger Court · 7-1

E.i. du Pont de Nemours & Co. et al. v. Collins et al.

432 U.S. 46 · 97 S. Ct. 2229 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-1870
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 46
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2229
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in E.i. du Pont de Nemours & Co. et al. v. Collins et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistUnknown

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