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EEOC v. Wyoming

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Advocates
Bruce A. Salzburg (on behalf of the Appellees)
Rex E. Lee (on behalf of the Appellant)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-554
Appellee: 
Wyoming
Appellant: 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
460 U.S. 226 (1983)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 5, 1982
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 2, 1983
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination

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The Oyez Project, EEOC v. Wyoming , 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_554)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for EEOC, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 3: Interstate Commerce Clause

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

Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.