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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 4-4

Tompkins v. Texas

490 U.S. 754 · 109 S. Ct. 2180 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2755

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-6405
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 754
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2180
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2755

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Tompkins v. Texas.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Thurgood MarshallNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Antonin ScaliaNo participation
Anthony KennedyNo participation
Sandra Day O'ConnorUnknown