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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles

493 U.S. 103 · 110 S. Ct. 444 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 5831

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
88-840
U.S. Reports
493 U.S. 103
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 444
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 5831

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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