1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Granfinanciera, S. A., et al. v. Nordberg, Creditor Trustee for the Estate of Chase & Sanborn Corp., fka, General Coffee Corp.
492 U.S. 33 · 109 S. Ct. 2782 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3139
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 87-1716
- U.S. Reports
- 492 U.S. 33
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 2782
- LEXIS citation
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3139
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
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