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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Pipefitters Local Union No. 562 et al. v. United States

407 U.S. 385 · 92 S. Ct. 2247 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 135

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
70-74
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 385
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2247
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 135

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Pipefitters Local Union No. 562 et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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