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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-2

National Broiler Marketing Assn. v. United States

436 U.S. 816 · 98 S. Ct. 2122 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 104

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-117
U.S. Reports
436 U.S. 816
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2122
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 104

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in National Broiler Marketing Assn. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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