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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California

493 U.S. 378 · 110 S. Ct. 688 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 485

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
88-1374
U.S. Reports
493 U.S. 378
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 688
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 485

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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