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1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Tanner et al. v. United States

483 U.S. 107 · 107 S. Ct. 2739 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2868

The record

Term
1986
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-177
U.S. Reports
483 U.S. 107
S. Ct. citation
107 S. Ct. 2739
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 2868

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

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

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