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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-3

Department of the Navy v. Egan

484 U.S. 518 · 108 S. Ct. 818 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 936

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
86-1552
U.S. Reports
484 U.S. 518
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 818
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 936

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Department of the Navy v. Egan.
JusticeVote
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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