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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0

National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States

435 U.S. 679 · 98 S. Ct. 1355 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-1767
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 679
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1355
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanUnknown