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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc., et al. v. Rice, Secretary, Department of Transportation of Wisconsin, et al.

434 U.S. 429 · 98 S. Ct. 787 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 46

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-558
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 429
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 787
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 46

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 4 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Raymond Motor Transportation, Inc., et al. v. Rice, Secretary, Department of Transportation of Wisconsin, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensUnknown

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