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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 4-4

Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants

485 U.S. 175 · 108 S. Ct. 1101 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1068

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-1650
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 175
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1101
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1068

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Sandra Day O'ConnorNo participation
Antonin ScaliaNo participation
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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