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1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.

433 U.S. 623 · 97 S. Ct. 2881 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 25

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-156
U.S. Reports
433 U.S. 623
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2881
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 25

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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