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1977 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sloan

436 U.S. 103 · 98 S. Ct. 1702 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 88

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-1607
U.S. Reports
436 U.S. 103
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 1702
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 88

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Sloan.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence

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