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1977 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Penn Central Transportation Co. et al. v. New York City et al.

438 U.S. 104 · 98 S. Ct. 2646 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 39

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-444
U.S. Reports
438 U.S. 104
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2646
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Penn Central Transportation Co. et al. v. New York City et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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