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1978 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Pennzoil Producing Co. et al.

439 U.S. 508 · 99 S. Ct. 765 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 24

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
77-648
U.S. Reports
439 U.S. 508
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 765
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 24

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Pennzoil Producing Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartUnknown
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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