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1980 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)

452 U.S. 726 · 101 S. Ct. 2605 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 16

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
9 ORIG
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 726
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2605
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 16

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case).
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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