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Thurgood Marshall

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Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan Catv Corp.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 30, 1982	6-3
Edgar v. Mite Corporation	Wrote a dissent	June 23, 1982	6-3
Foremost Insurance Co. v. Richardson	Wrote the majority opinion	June 23, 1982	5-4
General Building Contractors Assn. v. Pa.	Wrote a dissent	June 29, 1982	7-2
Middlesex Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Assn.	Wrote a special concurrence	June 21, 1982	9-0
Rendell-Baker v. Kohn	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 1982	7-2
Zant v. Stephens	Wrote a dissent	May 3, 1982	6-3
Steelworkers v. Sadlowski	Wrote the majority opinion	June 14, 1982	5-4
Patsy v. Florida Board Of Regents	Wrote the majority opinion	June 21, 1982	7-2
Ralston v. Robinson	Wrote the majority opinion	December 2, 1981	6-3
Williams v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 29, 1982	5-4
Ramah Navajo School Bd. v. Bureau Of Revenue	Wrote the majority opinion	July 2, 1982	6-3
Blum v. Bacon	Wrote the majority opinion	June 14, 1982	9-0
Lane v. Williams	Wrote a dissent	March 23, 1982	6-3
United States v. Macdonald	Wrote a dissent	March 31, 1982	6-3
Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. NLRB	Wrote the majority opinion	May 24, 1982	9-0
Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno	Wrote the majority opinion	December 8, 1981	4-3
Citizens Against Rent Control v. Berkeley	Wrote a special concurrence	December 14, 1981	8-1
Taylor v. Alabama	Wrote the majority opinion	June 23, 1982	5-4
Underwriters Assur. Co. v. N.C. Guaranty Assn.	Wrote the majority opinion	March 24, 1982	9-0
Smith v. Phillips	Wrote a dissent	January 25, 1982	6-3
Plyler v. Doe	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 15, 1982	5-4
Railway Labor Executives' Assn. v. Gibbons	Wrote a special concurrence	March 2, 1982	9-0
Pullman-Standard v. Swint	Wrote a dissent	April 27, 1982	7-2
United States v. Ross	Wrote a dissent	June 1, 1982	6-3
Summit Valley Industries, Inc. v. Carpenters	Wrote the majority opinion	June 1, 1982	9-0
Jacksonville Bulk Terminals v. Longshoremen	Wrote the majority opinion	June 24, 1982	6-3
Crawford v. Los Angeles Board Of Education	Wrote a dissent	June 30, 1982	8-1
Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates	Wrote the majority opinion	March 2, 1982	8-0

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