1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0
Karcher, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, et al. v. May et al.
484 U.S. 72 · 108 S. Ct. 388 · 1987 U.S. LEXIS 5027
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Petition denied/appeal dismissed
- Docket
- 85-1551
- U.S. Reports
- 484 U.S. 72
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 388
- LEXIS citation
- 1987 U.S. LEXIS 5027
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMC
M 7 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
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