1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2
Munro, Secretary of State of Washington v. Socialist Workers Party et al.
479 U.S. 189 · 107 S. Ct. 533 · 1986 U.S. LEXIS 24
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
- 85-656
- U.S. Reports
- 479 U.S. 189
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 533
- LEXIS citation
- 1986 U.S. LEXIS 24
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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