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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. Naftalin

441 U.S. 768 · 99 S. Ct. 2077 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 103

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-561
U.S. Reports
441 U.S. 768
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2077
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 103

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Naftalin.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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