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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.

486 U.S. 399 · 108 S. Ct. 1877 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2491

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-259
U.S. Reports
486 U.S. 399
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1877
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2491

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.
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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