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Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock v. EEOC

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Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock v. EEOC - Oral Argument
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Advocates
Andrew M. Kramer (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Harriet S. Shapiro (on behalf of the Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
82-411
Petitioner: 
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
Respondent: 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
462 U.S. 669 (1983)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 27, 1983
Decided: 
Monday, June 20, 1983
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Sex Discrimination in Employment

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The Oyez Project, Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock v. EEOC , 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_82_411)
(last visited Monday, November 30, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 7 votes for EEOC, 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens