1977 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting et al.
436 U.S. 775 · 98 S. Ct. 2096 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 103
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 76-1471
- U.S. Reports
- 436 U.S. 775
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 2096
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 103
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
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