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Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio

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Douglas M. Fryer ()
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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-1387
Petitioner: 
Wards Cove Packing Co.
Respondent: 
Atonio
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 642 (1989)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 18, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, June 5, 1989
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination
Categories: 
race discrimination, employment

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The Oyez Project, Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio , 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_1387)
(last visited Saturday, July 4, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Wards Cove Packing Co., 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII

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Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent, joined Stevens' dissent
Blackmun
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White