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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.

489 U.S. 235 · 109 S. Ct. 1026 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1041

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-1043
U.S. Reports
489 U.S. 235
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1026
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 1041

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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