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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hudson

490 U.S. 877 · 109 S. Ct. 2248 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2866

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
88-616
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 877
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2248
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2866

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hudson.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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