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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.

428 U.S. 397 · 96 S. Ct. 3141 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 110

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
75-339
U.S. Reports
428 U.S. 397
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 3141
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 110

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
John Paul StevensDissent