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1982 term · Burger Court · 7-2

White, Mayor of Boston, et al. v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc., et al.

460 U.S. 204 · 103 S. Ct. 1042 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 19

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
81-1003
U.S. Reports
460 U.S. 204
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 1042
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 19

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in White, Mayor of Boston, et al. v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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