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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 4-4

California et al. v. United States et al.

490 U.S. 920 · 109 S. Ct. 2273 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2898

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-1165
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 920
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2273
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2898

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 California et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistNo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Harry BlackmunNo participation
John Paul StevensNo participation
Sandra Day O'ConnorNo participation
Antonin ScaliaNo participation
Anthony KennedyNo participation
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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