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1985 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.

476 U.S. 19 · 106 S. Ct. 1678 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 147

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
84-1728
U.S. Reports
476 U.S. 19
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 1678
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 147

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority et al.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
Byron WhiteJurisdictional dissent

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