1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0
Satterwhite v. Texas
486 U.S. 249 · 108 S. Ct. 1792 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2474
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 86-6284
- U.S. Reports
- 486 U.S. 249
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 1792
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2474
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
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