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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Sheet Metal Workers' International Assn. et al. v. Lynn

488 U.S. 347 · 109 S. Ct. 639 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 432

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-1940
U.S. Reports
488 U.S. 347
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 639
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 432

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Sheet Metal Workers' International Assn. et al. v. Lynn.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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