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Reed v. United Transportation Union

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Advocates
Clinton J. Miller, III (on behalf of the Respondents)
John W. Gresham (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1031
Petitioner: 
Reed
Respondent: 
United Transportation Union
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
488 U.S. 319 (1989)
Argued: 
Wednesday, November 2, 1988
Decided: 
Wednesday, January 11, 1989
Issues: 
Unions, Union-Union Member Dispute

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The Oyez Project, Reed v. United Transportation Union , 488 U.S. 319 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1031)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Reed, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure

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Rehnquist
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Brennan
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Marshall
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Stevens
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O'Connor
Wrote a special concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.