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1970 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America et al. v. Lockridge

403 U.S. 274 · 91 S. Ct. 1909 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 101

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
76
U.S. Reports
403 U.S. 274
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 1909
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 101

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America et al. v. Lockridge.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent