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1980 term · Burger Court · 7-2

New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca, dba the Main Event, et al.

452 U.S. 714 · 101 S. Ct. 2599 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 119

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-813
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 714
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2599
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 119

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in New York State Liquor Authority v. Bellanca, dba the Main Event, et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent

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