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1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Arizona Public Service Co. et al. v. Snead, Director of Revenue Division, Taxation and Revenue Department of New Mexico, et al.

441 U.S. 141 · 99 S. Ct. 1629 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 32

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
77-1810
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 141
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1629
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 32

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Arizona Public Service Co. et al. v. Snead, Director of Revenue Division, Taxation and Revenue Department of New Mexico, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence

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