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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 790 v. Robbins & Myers, Inc., et al.

429 U.S. 229 · 97 S. Ct. 441 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 184

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
75-1264
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 229
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 441
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 184

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, Local 790 v. Robbins & Myers, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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