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1977 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Federal Maritime Commission et al. v. Pacific Maritime Assn. et al.

435 U.S. 40 · 98 S. Ct. 927 · 1978 U.S. LEXIS 17

The record

Term
1977
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
76-938
U.S. Reports
435 U.S. 40
S. Ct. citation
98 S. Ct. 927
LEXIS citation
1978 U.S. LEXIS 17

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Maritime Commission et al. v. Pacific Maritime Assn. et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
Harry BlackmunUnknown