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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Rawson, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Rawson, et al.

495 U.S. 362 · 110 S. Ct. 1904 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2434

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
89-322
U.S. Reports
495 U.S. 362
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 1904
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 2434

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Rawson, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Rawson, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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