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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger, Administratrix

437 U.S. 365 · 98 S. Ct. 2396 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-677
U.S. Reports
437 U.S. 365
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2396
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger, Administratrix.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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