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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Skinner, Secretary of Transportation v. Mid-America Pipeline Co.

490 U.S. 212 · 109 S. Ct. 1726 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2134

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87-2098
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 212
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1726
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2134

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Skinner, Secretary of Transportation v. Mid-America Pipeline Co.
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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