1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-2
Sun Oil Co. v. Wortman et al.
486 U.S. 717 · 108 S. Ct. 2117 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2723
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 87-352
- U.S. Reports
- 486 U.S. 717
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2117
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2723
How the bench divided
MMMCCCDD?
M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
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