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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts

492 U.S. 136 · 109 S. Ct. 2841 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3137

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
88-782
U.S. Reports
492 U.S. 136
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2841
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3137

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States Department of Justice v. Tax Analysts.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunDissent