1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services et al.
492 U.S. 490 · 109 S. Ct. 3040 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3290
The record
- Term
- 1988
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 88-605
- U.S. Reports
- 492 U.S. 490
- S. Ct. citation
- 109 S. Ct. 3040
- LEXIS citation
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 3290
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
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