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1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Dawson Chemical Co. et al. v. Rohm & Haas Co.

448 U.S. 176 · 100 S. Ct. 2601 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 7

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-669
U.S. Reports
448 U.S. 176
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2601
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 7

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dawson Chemical Co. et al. v. Rohm & Haas Co.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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