1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Kendrick et al.
487 U.S. 589 · 108 S. Ct. 2562 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3027
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 87-253
- U.S. Reports
- 487 U.S. 589
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2562
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3027
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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