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Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.

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Advocates
William H. Ewing (on behalf of respondents Goodman, et al., in No. 85-2010 and petitioners No. 85-1626)
Robert M. Weinberg (on behalf of the Petitioners in No. 85-2010 and respondent Union in No. 85-1626)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-1626
Petitioner: 
Goodman
Respondent: 
Lukens Steel Co.
Consolidation: 
No. 85-2010
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
482 U.S. 656 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 1, 1987
Decided: 
Friday, June 19, 1987
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Liability, Civil Rights Acts

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The Oyez Project, Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co. , 482 U.S. 656 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_1626)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Lukens Steel Co., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White