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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.

407 U.S. 539 · 92 S. Ct. 2238 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 136

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
70-223
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 539
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2238
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 136

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent