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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Mistretta v. United States

488 U.S. 361 · 109 S. Ct. 647 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 434

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Miscellaneous
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-7028
U.S. Reports
488 U.S. 361
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 647
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 434

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mistretta v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent

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