1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Rankin et al. v. McPherson
483 U.S. 378 · 107 S. Ct. 2891 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2875
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 85-2068
- U.S. Reports
- 483 U.S. 378
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 2891
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2875
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
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