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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Castille, District Attorney of Philadelphia County, et al. v. Peoples

489 U.S. 346 · 109 S. Ct. 1056 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1040

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-1602
U.S. Reports
489 U.S. 346
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1056
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 1040

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Castille, District Attorney of Philadelphia County, et al. v. Peoples.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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