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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-2

Regents of the University of California v. Public Employment Relations Board et al.

485 U.S. 589 · 108 S. Ct. 1404 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1875

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-935
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 589
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1404
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1875

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Regents of the University of California v. Public Employment Relations Board et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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