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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-2

U.S. INDUSTRIES/FEDERAL Sheet Metal, Inc., et al., v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, et al.

455 U.S. 608 · 102 S. Ct. 1312 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 30

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
80-518
U.S. Reports
455 U.S. 608
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1312
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 30

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in U.S. INDUSTRIES/FEDERAL Sheet Metal, Inc., et al., v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown

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