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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Demosthenes et al. v. Baal et al.

495 U.S. 731 · 110 S. Ct. 2223 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2995

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated
Docket
A-857
U.S. Reports
495 U.S. 731
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 2223
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 2995

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Demosthenes et al. v. Baal et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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