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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Company, Division of Textron, Inc.

416 U.S. 267 · 94 S. Ct. 1757 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
72-1598
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 267
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1757
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Company, Division of Textron, Inc.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent