1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Parker, Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks v. Flook
437 U.S. 584 · 98 S. Ct. 2522 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 122
The record
- Term
- 1977
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 77-642
- U.S. Reports
- 437 U.S. 584
- S. Ct. citation
- 98 S. Ct. 2522
- LEXIS citation
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 122
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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