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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Steadman v. Securities and Exchange Commission

450 U.S. 91 · 101 S. Ct. 999 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 70

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-1266
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 91
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 999
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 70

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Steadman v. Securities and Exchange Commission.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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