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1983 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Shell Oil Co.

466 U.S. 54 · 104 S. Ct. 1621 · 1984 U.S. LEXIS 51

The record

Term
1983
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
82-825
U.S. Reports
466 U.S. 54
S. Ct. citation
104 S. Ct. 1621
LEXIS citation
1984 U.S. LEXIS 51

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Shell Oil Co.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence

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