1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-0
United States of America v. State of Louisiana et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)
485 U.S. 88 · 108 S. Ct. 901 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1062
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- —
- Docket
- 9 ORIG
- U.S. Reports
- 485 U.S. 88
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 901
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1062
How the bench divided
MMMMMMM??
M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
Same issue area
More on Federalism
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Federalism accounts for 417 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
California et al. v. Arc America Corp. et al.
Eric J. Schneidewind, et al. v. ANR Pipeline Company and ANR Storage Company
George S. Bennett v. Arkansas
Puerto RICO Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. v. Isla Petroleum Corporation et al.
South Carolina v. Baker, Secretary of the Treasury
City of New York et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.