1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-3
Thompson v. Oklahoma
487 U.S. 815 · 108 S. Ct. 2687 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3028
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 86-6169
- U.S. Reports
- 487 U.S. 815
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2687
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3028
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Judgment of the Court |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Unknown |
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