1987 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Massachusetts
487 U.S. 879 · 108 S. Ct. 2722 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3029
The record
- Term
- 1987
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and remanded in part
- Docket
- 87-712
- U.S. Reports
- 487 U.S. 879
- S. Ct. citation
- 108 S. Ct. 2722
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 3029
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
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