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1978 term · Burger Court · 6-2

United States v. Helstoski

442 U.S. 477 · 99 S. Ct. 2432 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 4

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-349
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 477
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2432
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 4

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Helstoski.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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