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Communications Workers v. Beck

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Edwin Vieira, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondents)
Laurence E. Gold (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
86-637
Petitioner: 
Communications Workers
Respondent: 
Beck
Heard By: 
Rehnquist Court (1987-1988)
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
487 U.S. 735 (1988)
Argued: 
Monday, January 11, 1988
Decided: 
Wednesday, June 29, 1988
Issues: 
Unions, Union or Closed Shop

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The Oyez Project, Communications Workers v. Beck , 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_86_637)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Beck, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: National Labor Relations, as amended

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Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
O'Connor
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Scalia
Did not participate
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Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.