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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson

442 U.S. 92 · 99 S. Ct. 2149 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 119

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-1060
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 92
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2149
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 119

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent

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