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1984 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Lowe et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission

472 U.S. 181 · 105 S. Ct. 2557 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 125

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83-1911
U.S. Reports
472 U.S. 181
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 2557
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 125

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Lowe et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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