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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins

490 U.S. 228 · 109 S. Ct. 1775 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2230

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
87-1167
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 228
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1775
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2230

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William J. BrennanJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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