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1977 term · Burger Court · 4-3

Malone, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for Minnesota v. White Motor Corp. et al.

435 U.S. 497 · 98 S. Ct. 1185 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 78

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-1184
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 497
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1185
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 78

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Malone, Commissioner of Labor and Industry for Minnesota v. White Motor Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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