1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0
United States Department of Justice et al. v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press et al.
489 U.S. 749 · 109 S. Ct. 1468 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1574
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 87-1379
- U.S. Reports
- 489 U.S. 749
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 1468
- LEXIS citation
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1574
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
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