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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Bethesda Hospital Association, et al. v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services

485 U.S. 399 · 108 S. Ct. 1255 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 1673

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
86-1764
U.S. Reports
485 U.S. 399
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1255
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 1673

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Bethesda Hospital Association, et al. v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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