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Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
74-1042
Petitioner: 
Ernst & Ernst
Respondent: 
Hochfelder
Heard By: 
Burger Court (1975)
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
425 U.S. 185 (1976)
Argued: 
Wednesday, December 3, 1975
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 30, 1976
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Federal Regulation of Securities

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The Oyez Project, Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder , 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1042)
(last visited Sunday, November 22, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Ernst & Ernst, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or the Williams Act

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Wrote the majority opinion
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Did not participate
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.