Linden Lumber Division, Summer & Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
Decided December 23, 1974. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 73-1231 · 419 U.S. 301 (1974)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 4
- Byron Raymond White
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- Potter Stewart · filed a dissenting opinion
- Thurgood Marshall
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