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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Carbon Fuel Co. v. United Mine Workers of America et al.

444 U.S. 212 · 100 S. Ct. 410 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 155

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78-1183
U.S. Reports
444 U.S. 212
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 410
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 155

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Carbon Fuel Co. v. United Mine Workers of America et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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