1980 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, et al.
449 U.S. 268 · 101 S. Ct. 509 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 57
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 79-816
- U.S. Reports
- 449 U.S. 268
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 509
- LEXIS citation
- 1980 U.S. LEXIS 57
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Economic Activity
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Economic Activity accounts for 1,819 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.