1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-0
Town of Huntington, New York, et al. v. Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al.
488 U.S. 15 · 109 S. Ct. 276 · 1988 U.S. LEXIS 4941
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 87-1961
- U.S. Reports
- 488 U.S. 15
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 276
- LEXIS citation
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 4941
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Byron White | Dissent from denial of cert |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent from denial of cert |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent from denial of cert |
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