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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Smith v. Ohio

494 U.S. 541 · 110 S. Ct. 1288 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 1198

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
89-5999
U.S. Reports
494 U.S. 541
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 1288
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 1198

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Smith v. Ohio.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent

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