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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.

442 U.S. 330 · 99 S. Ct. 2326 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 108

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 and remanded
Docket
78-690
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 330
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2326
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 108

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanUnknown

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