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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

H. J. Inc. et al. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. et al.

492 U.S. 229 · 109 S. Ct. 2893 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3239

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-1252
U.S. Reports
492 U.S. 229
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 2893
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3239

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in H. J. Inc. et al. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Anthony KennedySpecial concurrence

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