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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Connell Construction Co., Inc. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO

421 U.S. 616 · 95 S. Ct. 1830 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 17

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
73-1256
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 616
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1830
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 17

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Connell Construction Co., Inc. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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