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1980 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Anderson Bros. Ford et al. v. Valencia et al.

452 U.S. 205 · 101 S. Ct. 2266 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 30

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-84
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 205
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2266
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 30

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Anderson Bros. Ford et al. v. Valencia et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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