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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Tull v. United States

481 U.S. 412 · 107 S. Ct. 1831 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1928

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-1259
U.S. Reports
481 U.S. 412
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 1831
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 1928

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Tull v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence

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