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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Rodriguez de Quijas et al. v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN Express, Inc.

490 U.S. 477 · 109 S. Ct. 1917 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2397

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
88-385
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 477
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1917
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2397

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rodriguez de Quijas et al. v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN Express, Inc.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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