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1981 term · Burger Court · 4-4

American Medical Association et al. v. Federal Trade Commission

455 U.S. 676 · 102 S. Ct. 1744 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
80-1690
U.S. Reports
455 U.S. 676
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1744
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in American Medical Association et al. v. Federal Trade Commission.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Lewis F. PowellNo participation
William RehnquistNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Sandra Day O'ConnorNo participation
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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