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1977 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota, et al.

438 U.S. 234 · 98 S. Ct. 2716 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 130

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-747
U.S. Reports
438 U.S. 234
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 2716
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 130

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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