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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

North Dakota et al. v. United States

495 U.S. 423 · 110 S. Ct. 1986 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2574

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88-926
U.S. Reports
495 U.S. 423
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 1986
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 2574

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in North Dakota et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
John Paul StevensJudgment of the Court
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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