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General Telephone Co. v. EEOC

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Advocates
James R. Dickens (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Lawrence G. Wallace (on behalf of the Respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-488
Petitioner: 
General Telephone Co.
Respondent: 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
446 U.S. 318 (1980)
Argued: 
Tuesday, March 25, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, May 12, 1980
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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The Oyez Project, General Telephone Co. v. EEOC , 446 U.S. 318 (1980)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1979/1979_79_488)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for EEOC, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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Co-authored a dissent
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Co-authored a dissent
Powell
Co-authored a dissent
Rehnquist
Co-authored a dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White