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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Mansell v. Mansell

490 U.S. 581 · 109 S. Ct. 2023 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2605

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-201
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 581
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2023
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2605

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mansell v. Mansell.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Harry BlackmunDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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