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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-0

California et al. v. Arc America Corp. et al.

490 U.S. 93 · 109 S. Ct. 1661 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2024

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-1862
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 93
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1661
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2024

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in California et al. v. Arc America Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
John Paul StevensUnknown
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown

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