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1978 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.

442 U.S. 500 · 99 S. Ct. 2445 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 112

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-546
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 500
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2445
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 112

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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