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1985 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Cuyahoga Valley Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.

474 U.S. 3 · 106 S. Ct. 286 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 135

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
84-1634
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 3
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 286
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 135

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cuyahoga Valley Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent