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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Ansonia Board of Education et al. v. Philbrook et al.

479 U.S. 60 · 107 S. Ct. 367 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 18

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
85-495
U.S. Reports
479 U.S. 60
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 367
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 18

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ansonia Board of Education et al. v. Philbrook et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent

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