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Mclaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.

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Leon Ehrlich (on behalf of the respondent)
Donald B. Ayer (on behalf of the petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-1520
Petitioner: 
Mclaughlin
Respondent: 
Richland Shoe Co.
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
486 U.S. 128 (1988)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 24, 1988
Decided: 
Monday, May 16, 1988
Issues: 
Unions, Fair Labor Standards Act

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The Oyez Project, Mclaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co. , 486 U.S. 128 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_1520)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
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Question: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Richland Shoe Co., 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Fair Labor Standards

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

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens