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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Turner et al. v. Safley et al.

482 U.S. 78 · 107 S. Ct. 2254 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2362

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
85-1384
U.S. Reports
482 U.S. 78
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 2254
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2362

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Turner et al. v. Safley et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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