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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-3

Meese, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. Keene

481 U.S. 465 · 107 S. Ct. 1862 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 1930

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-1180
U.S. Reports
481 U.S. 465
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 1862
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 1930

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Meese, Attorney General of the United States, et al. v. Keene.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Antonin ScaliaUnknown

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