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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-2

Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

490 U.S. 680 · 109 S. Ct. 2136 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2773

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-963
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 680
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2136
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2773

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown
Anthony KennedyUnknown

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