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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Lynn L. Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 6

493 U.S. 67 · 110 S. Ct. 424 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 5833

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
88-124
U.S. Reports
493 U.S. 67
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 424
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 5833

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lynn L. Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union No. 6.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
John Paul StevensDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent

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