1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Leo Sheep Co. et al. v. United States et al.
440 U.S. 668 · 99 S. Ct. 1403 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 81
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 77-1686
- U.S. Reports
- 440 U.S. 668
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 1403
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 81
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Byron White | Unknown |
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