1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Pennsylvania v. Finley
481 U.S. 551 · 107 S. Ct. 1990 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2058
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 85-2099
- U.S. Reports
- 481 U.S. 551
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 1990
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2058
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Jurisdictional dissent |
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