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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Burnham v. Superior Court of California, County of Marin (Burnham, Real Party in Interest)

495 U.S. 604 · 110 S. Ct. 2105 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2700

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
89-44
U.S. Reports
495 U.S. 604
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 2105
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 2700

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 6 concurring

How each justice voted in Burnham v. Superior Court of California, County of Marin (Burnham, Real Party in Interest).
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Antonin ScaliaJudgment of the Court
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence

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