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Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-750
Petitioner: 
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Respondent: 
Carpenters
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
436 U.S. 180 (1978)
Argued: 
Monday, November 7, 1977
Decided: 
Monday, May 15, 1978
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Jurisdiction

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The Oyez Project, Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters , 436 U.S. 180 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_750)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Sears, Roebuck & Co., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: National Labor Relations, as amended

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a regular concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote a regular concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens