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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Consumer Product Safety Commission et al. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc., et al.

447 U.S. 102 · 100 S. Ct. 2051 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 45

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-521
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 102
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2051
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 45

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Consumer Product Safety Commission et al. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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