1986 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Gilliard et al.
483 U.S. 587 · 107 S. Ct. 3008 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2896
The record
- Term
- 1986
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 86-509
- U.S. Reports
- 483 U.S. 587
- S. Ct. citation
- 107 S. Ct. 3008
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2896
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
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