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Abstract

Argument: Tuesday, December 5, 1972
Decision: Monday, May 7, 1973
Issues: Economic Activity, Federal Regulation of Securities

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for Occidental Corp., 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or the Williams Act
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Voted with the minority, joined Douglas' dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Douglas' dissent
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White

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The Oyez Project, Kern County Land Co. v. Occidental Corp., 411 U.S. 582 (1973),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1059/>
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