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1978 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Lake Country Estates, Inc., et al. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency et al.

440 U.S. 391 · 99 S. Ct. 1171 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 68

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
77-1327
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 391
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1171
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 68

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lake Country Estates, Inc., et al. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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