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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America

461 U.S. 757 · 103 S. Ct. 2177 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 42

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
81-1314
U.S. Reports
461 U.S. 757
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2177
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 42

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority

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