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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Rodriguez v. United States

480 U.S. 522 · 107 S. Ct. 1391 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1192

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-5504
U.S. Reports
480 U.S. 522
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 1391
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 1192

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rodriguez v. United States.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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