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1978 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Brown v. Felsen

442 U.S. 127 · 99 S. Ct. 2205 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 123

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
78-58
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 127
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2205
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 123

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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