1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Philip Brendale v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation et al.
492 U.S. 408 · 109 S. Ct. 2994 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3288
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 87-1622
- U.S. Reports
- 492 U.S. 408
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 2994
- LEXIS citation
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3288
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Judgment of the Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
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