KAISER STEEL CORP. v. MULLINS et al. (1982)

KAISER STEEL CORP. v. MULLINS et al.
	Term: 1981
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1981
	Decided: January 13, 1982
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

KAISER STEEL CORP. v. MULLINS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1982. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1981.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1980s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

^[1]

About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Union antitrust: legality of anticompetitive union activity
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 455 U.S. 72
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: Byron White

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.