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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Meyer, Colorado Secretary of State, et al. v. Grant et al.

486 U.S. 414 · 108 S. Ct. 1886 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2489

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-920
U.S. Reports
486 U.S. 414
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 1886
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2489

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Meyer, Colorado Secretary of State, et al. v. Grant et al.
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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