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1980 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell et al.

451 U.S. 56 · 101 S. Ct. 1559 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-169
U.S. Reports
451 U.S. 56
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 1559
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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