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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-2

United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Weber et al.

443 U.S. 193 · 99 S. Ct. 2721 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 40

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
78-432
U.S. Reports
443 U.S. 193
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2721
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 40

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Weber et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
John Paul StevensUnknown

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