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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Association

491 U.S. 490 · 109 S. Ct. 2584 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3121

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
87-1589
U.S. Reports
491 U.S. 490
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2584
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3121

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Association.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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