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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-2

J. W. Bateson Co., Inc., et al. v. United States ex rel. Board of Trustees of the National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund et al.

434 U.S. 586 · 98 S. Ct. 873 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 15

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-1476
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 586
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 873
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 15

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in J. W. Bateson Co., Inc., et al. v. United States ex rel. Board of Trustees of the National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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