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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-3

Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al.

484 U.S. 260 · 108 S. Ct. 562 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 310

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-836
U.S. Reports
484 U.S. 260
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 562
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 310

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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