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1980 term · Burger Court · 5-3

American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., et al. v. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, et al.

452 U.S. 490 · 101 S. Ct. 2478 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
79-1429
U.S. Reports
452 U.S. 490
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2478
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc., et al. v. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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