1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-2
Frederick Mathews v. United States
485 U.S. 58 · 108 S. Ct. 883 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 943
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 86-6109
- U.S. Reports
- 485 U.S. 58
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 883
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 943
How the bench divided
MMMMCCDD?
M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
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