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1982 term · Burger Court · 5-4

United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Scott et al.

463 U.S. 825 · 103 S. Ct. 3352 · 1983 U.S. LEXIS 108

The record

Term
1982
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
82-486
U.S. Reports
463 U.S. 825
S. Ct. citation
103 S. Ct. 3352
LEXIS citation
1983 U.S. LEXIS 108

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Scott et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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