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1972 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Employees of the Department of Public Health and Welfare of Missouri et al. v. Department of Public Health and Welfare of Missouri et al.

411 U.S. 279 · 93 S. Ct. 1614 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 156

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1021
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 279
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1614
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 156

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Employees of the Department of Public Health and Welfare of Missouri et al. v. Department of Public Health and Welfare of Missouri et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanDissent