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1984 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Pattern Makers' League of North America, AFL-CIO, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.

473 U.S. 95 · 105 S. Ct. 3064 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 84

The record

Term
1984
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
83-1894
U.S. Reports
473 U.S. 95
S. Ct. citation
105 S. Ct. 3064
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 84

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pattern Makers' League of North America, AFL-CIO, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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