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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Bowen v. United States Postal Service et al.

459 U.S. 212 · 103 S. Ct. 588 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 123

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-525
U.S. Reports
459 U.S. 212
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 588
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 123

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Bowen v. United States Postal Service et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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