1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
Johnson v. Mississippi
486 U.S. 578 · 108 S. Ct. 1981 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2657
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
- 87-5468
- U.S. Reports
- 486 U.S. 578
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 1981
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2657
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCCC
M 4 majorityC 5 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| Byron White | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Regular concurrence |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
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