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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Mary Alice Galbreath

485 U.S. 74 · 108 S. Ct. 892 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 946

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-1146
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 74
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 892
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 946

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Mary Alice Galbreath.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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