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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Gateway Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers of America et al.

414 U.S. 368 · 94 S. Ct. 629 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 38

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-782
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 368
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 629
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 38

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gateway Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers of America et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent