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1978 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. First Lincolnwood Corp.

439 U.S. 234 · 99 S. Ct. 505 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 44

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-832
U.S. Reports
439 U.S. 234
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 505
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 44

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. First Lincolnwood Corp.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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