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1976 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Continental T.V., Inc., et al. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.

433 U.S. 36 · 97 S. Ct. 2549 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-15
U.S. Reports
433 U.S. 36
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2549
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Continental T.V., Inc., et al. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistUnknown

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