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1979 term · Burger Court · 5-4

General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc., et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al.

446 U.S. 318 · 100 S. Ct. 1698 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 95

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
79-488
U.S. Reports
446 U.S. 318
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 1698
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 95

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc., et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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