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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-3

United States v. Fausto

484 U.S. 439 · 108 S. Ct. 668 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 574

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-595
U.S. Reports
484 U.S. 439
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 668
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 574

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Fausto.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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