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Abstract

Argument: January 19-20, 1976
Reargument: Wednesday, October 13, 1976
Decision: Tuesday, December 7, 1976
Issues: Civil Rights, Sex Discrimination in Employment

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Facts of the Case

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for General Electric Co., 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a regular concurrence
Stewart
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist

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The Oyez Project, General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, 429 U.S. 125 (1976),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1589/>
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