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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique

443 U.S. 256 · 99 S. Ct. 2753 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 41

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-479
U.S. Reports
443 U.S. 256
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2753
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 41

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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