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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Board of Trustees of the State University of New York et al. v. Fox et al.

492 U.S. 469 · 109 S. Ct. 3028 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3289

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-2013
U.S. Reports
492 U.S. 469
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 3028
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 3289

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of Trustees of the State University of New York et al. v. Fox et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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