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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Rose v. Arkansas State Police et al.

479 U.S. 1 · 107 S. Ct. 334 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 14

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-1388
U.S. Reports
479 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 334
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 14

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rose v. Arkansas State Police et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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