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Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers

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Advocates
Stephen B. Moldof (on behalf of the Respondents)
Philip A. Lacovara (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Lawrence G. Wallace (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-1056
Petitioner: 
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Respondent: 
Transport Workers
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
451 U.S. 77 (1981)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 2, 1980
Decided: 
Monday, April 20, 1981
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination

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The Oyez Project, Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers , 451 U.S. 77 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_1056)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Transport Workers, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens