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Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System

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S. Walton Maurras (on behalf of the Respondents)
David C. Vladeck (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
79-2006
Petitioner: 
Barrentine
Respondent: 
Arkansas-Best Freight System
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
450 U.S. 728 (1981)
Argued: 
Tuesday, January 13, 1981
Decided: 
Monday, April 6, 1981
Issues: 
Unions, Arbitration

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The Oyez Project, Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System , 450 U.S. 728 (1981)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_79_2006)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for Barrentine, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Fair Labor Standards

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

Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.