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Fmc v. Pacific Maritime Assn.

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
76-938
Petitioner: 
Fmc
Respondent: 
Pacific Maritime Assn.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
435 U.S. 40 (1978)
Argued: 
Wednesday, December 7, 1977
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 1, 1978
Issues: 
Unions, Antitrust

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Fmc v. Pacific Maritime Assn. , 435 U.S. 40 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1977/1977_76_938)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Fmc, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 46 U.S.C. 814

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Powell's dissent
Marshall
Did not participate
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White