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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

American Foreign Service Association et al. v. Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office, et al.

490 U.S. 153 · 109 S. Ct. 1693 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2025

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
87-2127
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 153
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1693
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2025

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in American Foreign Service Association et al. v. Garfinkel, Director, Information Security Oversight Office, 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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