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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Mercilyn Buchanan etc. v. Stanships, Inc., et al.

485 U.S. 265 · 108 S. Ct. 1130 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1370

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-133
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 265
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1130
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1370

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mercilyn Buchanan etc. v. Stanships, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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