LYNN L. BREININGER v. SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION LOCAL UNION NO. 6 (1989)

LYNN L. BREININGER v. SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION LOCAL UNION NO. 6
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 1989
	Decided: December 5, 1989
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

LYNN L. BREININGER v. SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION LOCAL UNION NO. 6 is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1989. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 1989.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio Northern 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 member
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 493 U.S. 67
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.