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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California

482 U.S. 304 · 107 S. Ct. 2378 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2606

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
85-1199
U.S. Reports
482 U.S. 304
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 2378
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2606

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles, California.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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