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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. et al.

449 U.S. 456 · 101 S. Ct. 715 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 14

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
79-1171
U.S. Reports
449 U.S. 456
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 715
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 14

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
William RehnquistUnknown

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