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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Healy et al. v. The Beer Institute et al.

491 U.S. 324 · 109 S. Ct. 2491 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3041

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
88-449
U.S. Reports
491 U.S. 324
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2491
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3041

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Healy et al. v. The Beer Institute et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent

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