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1981 term · Burger Court · 5-4

National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp.

454 U.S. 170 · 102 S. Ct. 216 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 146

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
80-885
U.S. Reports
454 U.S. 170
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 216
LEXIS citation
1981 U.S. LEXIS 146

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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