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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield et al.

490 U.S. 30 · 109 S. Ct. 1597 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1791

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-980
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 30
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1597
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 1791

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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