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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4

National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago et al.

440 U.S. 490 · 99 S. Ct. 1313 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 75

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
77-752
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 490
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1313
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 75

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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