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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Mackey et al. v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.

486 U.S. 825 · 108 S. Ct. 2182 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2735

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
86-1387
U.S. Reports
486 U.S. 825
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 2182
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 2735

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mackey et al. v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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