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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Mobay Chemical Corp. v. Costle, Administratrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency

439 U.S. 320 · 99 S. Ct. 644 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 23

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
78-308
U.S. Reports
439 U.S. 320
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 644
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 23

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mobay Chemical Corp. v. Costle, Administratrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent

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