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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Rasmussen et al.

440 U.S. 29 · 99 S. Ct. 903 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 25

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-1465
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 29
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 903
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 25

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Rasmussen et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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