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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Duckworth v. Eagan

492 U.S. 195 · 109 S. Ct. 2875 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3196

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
88-317
U.S. Reports
492 U.S. 195
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2875
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3196

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Duckworth v. Eagan.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorRegular concurrence
Antonin ScaliaRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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