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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Amadeo v. Zant

486 U.S. 214 · 108 S. Ct. 1771 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2478

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-5277
U.S. Reports
486 U.S. 214
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1771
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2478

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Amadeo v. Zant.
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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