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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS et al. v. FOUST

Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1979
Decided: May 29, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS et al. v. FOUST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1979. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1979.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wyoming U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union-union member dispute (except as pertains to union or closed shop)
Petitioner: Union, labor organization, or official of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union member
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 442 U.S. 42
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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