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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.

442 U.S. 529 · 99 S. Ct. 2461 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 21

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
78-17
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 529
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2461
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 21

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartUnknown

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