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1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Finnegan et al. v. Leu et al.

456 U.S. 431 · 102 S. Ct. 1867 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 103

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
80-2150
U.S. Reports
456 U.S. 431
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 1867
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 103

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Finnegan et al. v. Leu et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence

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