1978 term · Burger Court · 7-2
Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System v. Merrill
443 U.S. 340 · 99 S. Ct. 2800 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 42
The record
- Term
- 1978
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 77-1387
- U.S. Reports
- 443 U.S. 340
- S. Ct. citation
- 99 S. Ct. 2800
- LEXIS citation
- 1979 U.S. LEXIS 42
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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