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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization et al.

420 U.S. 50 · 95 S. Ct. 977 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-696
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 50
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 977
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization 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