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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	JAMES P. LEHNERT et al. v. FERRIS FACULTY ASSOCIATION et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 30, 1991
Date Argument	November 05, 1990
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	500 U.S. 507 111 S. Ct. 1950 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3017 114 L. Ed. 2d 572
Docket	89-1217

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Michigan Western U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Petitioner	governmental employee or job applicant Michigan
Respondent	union, labor organization, or official of

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	UNIONS Union Or Closed Shop: Includes Agency Shop Litigation CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Blackmun Rehnquist Stevens special concurrence Marshall dissent O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1990-091-01

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