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1969 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.

396 U.S. 142 · 90 S. Ct. 294 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3128

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
29
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 142
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 294
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3128

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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