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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

O'Connor et ux. v. United States

479 U.S. 27 · 107 S. Ct. 347 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 16

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
85-558
U.S. Reports
479 U.S. 27
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 347
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 16

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in O'Connor et ux. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority

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