1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Gray v. Mississippi
481 U.S. 648 · 107 S. Ct. 2045 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2057
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 85-5454
- U.S. Reports
- 481 U.S. 648
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2045
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2057
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
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