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1980 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Standard Oil Company of California

449 U.S. 232 · 101 S. Ct. 488 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-900
U.S. Reports
449 U.S. 232
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 488
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission et al. v. Standard Oil Company of California.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartUnknown

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