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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-2

Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes et al.

491 U.S. 754 · 109 S. Ct. 2732 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3131

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
88-608
U.S. Reports
491 U.S. 754
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2732
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3131

How the bench divided

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

How each justice voted in Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Zipes et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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