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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Assibi Abudu

485 U.S. 94 · 108 S. Ct. 904 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1066

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
86-1128
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 94
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 904
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1066

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Assibi Abudu.
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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