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1981 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

458 U.S. 219 · 102 S. Ct. 3057 · 1982 U.S. LEXIS 11

The record

Term
1981
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-300
U.S. Reports
458 U.S. 219
S. Ct. citation
102 S. Ct. 3057
LEXIS citation
1982 U.S. LEXIS 11

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ford Motor Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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