1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Puerto RICO v. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, et al.
483 U.S. 219 · 107 S. Ct. 2802 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2873
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 85-2116
- U.S. Reports
- 483 U.S. 219
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2802
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2873
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCC
M 6 majorityC 3 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
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