1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Frazier v. Heebe, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, et al.
482 U.S. 641 · 107 S. Ct. 2607 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2728
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 86-475
- U.S. Reports
- 482 U.S. 641
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2607
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2728
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
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