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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Neitzke et al. v. Williams

490 U.S. 319 · 109 S. Ct. 1827 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2231

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-1882
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 319
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1827
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2231

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Neitzke et al. v. Williams.
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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