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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair, Director of Revenue of Iowa

437 U.S. 267 · 98 S. Ct. 2340 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 111

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-454
U.S. Reports
437 U.S. 267
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2340
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 111

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. Bair, Director of Revenue of Iowa.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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