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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Association et al.

491 U.S. 299 · 109 S. Ct. 2477 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3000

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88-1
U.S. Reports
491 U.S. 299
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2477
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3000

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Association et al.
JusticeVote
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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