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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Hector

479 U.S. 85 · 107 S. Ct. 379 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 19

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-21
U.S. Reports
479 U.S. 85
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 379
LEXIS citation
1986 U.S. LEXIS 19

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Hector.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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