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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security et al.

489 U.S. 829 · 109 S. Ct. 1514 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1671

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-1945
U.S. Reports
489 U.S. 829
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1514
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 1671

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security et al.
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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