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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Howard Johnson Co., Inc. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board, Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union, AFL-CIO

417 U.S. 249 · 94 S. Ct. 2236 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 64

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
73-631
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 249
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2236
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Howard Johnson Co., Inc. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board, Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union, AFL-CIO.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent