1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0
Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt v. Jerry Falwell
485 U.S. 46 · 108 S. Ct. 876 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 941
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 86-1278
- U.S. Reports
- 485 U.S. 46
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 876
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 941
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMC?
M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| 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 |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
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