1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. et al.
442 U.S. 444 · 99 S. Ct. 2388 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 39
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 78-575
- U.S. Reports
- 442 U.S. 444
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2388
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 39
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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