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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-0

Church of Scientology of California v. Internal Revenue Service

484 U.S. 9 · 108 S. Ct. 271 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 4689

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-472
U.S. Reports
484 U.S. 9
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 271
LEXIS citation
1987 U.S. LEXIS 4689

How the bench divided

M 6 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Church of Scientology of California v. Internal Revenue Service.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanUnknown
Antonin ScaliaUnknown