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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79, Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Assn., AFL-CIO, et al.

404 U.S. 116 · 92 S. Ct. 360 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 98

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
70-63
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 116
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 360
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 98

How the bench divided

M 7 majority

How each justice voted in National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79, Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Assn., AFL-CIO, et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority

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