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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Kentucky v. Stincer

482 U.S. 730 · 107 S. Ct. 2658 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2727

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-572
U.S. Reports
482 U.S. 730
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 2658
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2727

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kentucky v. Stincer.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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