
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
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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