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1982 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Shaw, Acting Commissioner, New York State Division of Human Rights, et al. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al.

463 U.S. 85 · 103 S. Ct. 2890 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
81-1578
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 85
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 2890
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Shaw, Acting Commissioner, New York State Division of Human Rights, et al. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., et al.
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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