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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Spallone v. United States et al.

493 U.S. 265 · 110 S. Ct. 625 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 338

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88-854
U.S. Reports
493 U.S. 265
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 625
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 338

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Spallone v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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