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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds et al. v. Robinson et al.

455 U.S. 562 · 102 S. Ct. 1226 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 80

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
81-61
U.S. Reports
455 U.S. 562
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1226
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 80

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds et al. v. Robinson et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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