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1978 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corporation et al.

440 U.S. 689 · 99 S. Ct. 1435 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 82

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-1575
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 689
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1435
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 82

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corporation et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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