1980 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, et al.
451 U.S. 77 · 101 S. Ct. 1571 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 19
The record
- Term
- 1980
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 79-1056
- U.S. Reports
- 451 U.S. 77
- S. Ct. citation
- 101 S. Ct. 1571
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 19
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Unknown |
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