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1977 term · Burger Court · 8-1

First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Boston et al. v. Tax Commission of Massachusetts et al.

437 U.S. 255 · 98 S. Ct. 2333 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 110

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-334
U.S. Reports
437 U.S. 255
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2333
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 110

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Boston et al. v. Tax Commission of Massachusetts et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent

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