1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
West v. Atkins
487 U.S. 42 · 108 S. Ct. 2250 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2744
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 87-5096
- U.S. Reports
- 487 U.S. 42
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2250
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2744
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
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