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1970 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Ramsey et al., dba Leon Nunley Coal Co., et al. v. United Mine Workers of America

401 U.S. 302 · 91 S. Ct. 658 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 104

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88
U.S. Reports
401 U.S. 302
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 658
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 104

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ramsey et al., dba Leon Nunley Coal Co., et al. v. United Mine Workers of America.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent