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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Federal Communications Commission et al. v. WNCN Listeners Guild et al.

450 U.S. 582 · 101 S. Ct. 1266 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
79-824
U.S. Reports
450 U.S. 582
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1266
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Communications Commission et al. v. WNCN Listeners Guild et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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