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1979 term · Burger Court · 5-3

United States v. Mitchell et al.

445 U.S. 535 · 100 S. Ct. 1349 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 32

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
78-1756
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 535
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1349
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 32

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Mitchell et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Warren E. BurgerUnknown

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