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1977 term · Burger Court · 4-4

Shell Oil Co. v. Dartt

434 U.S. 99 · 98 S. Ct. 600 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 2673

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-678
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 99
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 600
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 2673

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Shell Oil Co. v. Dartt.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
Lewis F. PowellNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Potter StewartUnknown