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1976 term · Burger Court · 5-3

United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald

432 U.S. 385 · 97 S. Ct. 2464 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 125

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
76-545
U.S. Reports
432 U.S. 385
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2464
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 125

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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