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1980 term · Burger Court · 8-1

National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co., a Division of Amax, Inc., et al.

453 U.S. 322 · 101 S. Ct. 2789 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 130

The record

Term
1980
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-692
U.S. Reports
453 U.S. 322
S. Ct. citation
101 S. Ct. 2789
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 130

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co., a Division of Amax, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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