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1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Frisby et al. v. Schultz et al.

487 U.S. 474 · 108 S. Ct. 2495 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3026

The record

Term
1987
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-168
U.S. Reports
487 U.S. 474
S. Ct. citation
108 S. Ct. 2495
LEXIS citation
1988 U.S. LEXIS 3026

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Frisby et al. v. Schultz et al.
JusticeVote
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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