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1983 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Securities Industry Association et al. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System et al.

468 U.S. 137 · 104 S. Ct. 2979 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 131

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-1766
U.S. Reports
468 U.S. 137
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 2979
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 131

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Securities Industry Association et al. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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