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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Southern Overlying Carrier Chapter of the California Dump Truck Owners Association et al. v. Public Utilities Commission of California

434 U.S. 9 · 98 S. Ct. 251 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 151

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
76-1526
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 9
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 251
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 151

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Southern Overlying Carrier Chapter of the California Dump Truck Owners Association et al. v. Public Utilities Commission of California.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistJurisdictional dissent

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