1979 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Supreme Court of Virginia et al. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., et al.
446 U.S. 719 · 100 S. Ct. 1967 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 108
The record
- Term
- 1979
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 79-198
- U.S. Reports
- 446 U.S. 719
- S. Ct. citation
- 100 S. Ct. 1967
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 108
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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