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1977 term · Burger Court · 7-2

United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann

434 U.S. 192 · 98 S. Ct. 444 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 162

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76-906
U.S. Reports
434 U.S. 192
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 444
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 162

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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