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Wimberly v. Labor & Industrial Rel. Comm'n

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Advocates
Michael L. Boiccurt (on behalf of the respondents)
Julie S. Levin (on behalf of the petitioner)
Christopher J. Wright (as amicus curiae, supporting respondents)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-129
Petitioner: 
Wimberly
Respondent: 
Labor & Industrial Rel. Comm'n
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
479 U.S. 511 (1987)
Argued: 
Tuesday, December 9, 1986
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 21, 1987
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Sex Discrimination in Employment

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The Oyez Project, Wimberly v. Labor & Industrial Rel. Comm'n , 479 U.S. 511 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_129)
(last visited Sunday, November 8, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Labor & Industrial Rel. Comm'n, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 26 U.S.C. 3304

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Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor