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1979 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, Secretary of Labor

445 U.S. 1 · 100 S. Ct. 883 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 81

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
78-1870
U.S. Reports
445 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 883
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 81

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, Secretary of Labor.
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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