United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
Decided December 12, 1977. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 76-906 · 434 U.S. 192 (1977) · Cited 251 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 5
- Warren Earl Burger · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Harry Andrew Blackmun
- John Paul Stevens
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 2
- Byron Raymond White · filed a concurring opinion
- Potter Stewart · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- Thurgood Marshall · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
- Flora v. United States · 362 U.S. 145 (1960)
- A. H. Phillips, Inc. v. Walling · 324 U.S. 490 (1945)
- Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc. · 426 U.S. 1 (1976)
- Harrison v. Northern Trust Co. · 317 U.S. 476 (1943)
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · 286 U.S. 299 (1932)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts · 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
- MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
- General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline · 540 U.S. 581 (2004)
- Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · 469 U.S. 111 (1985)
- Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
- Mohasco Corp. v. Silver · 447 U.S. 807 (1980)
- Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · 441 U.S. 750 (1979)
- Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. · 446 U.S. 578 (1980)
- Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell · 472 U.S. 400 (1985)
Official text
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