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1979 term · Burger Court · 8-0

California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., et al.

445 U.S. 97 · 100 S. Ct. 937 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-97
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 97
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 937
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanUnknown

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