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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Mark Howlett, a Minor, by and Through Elizabeth Howlett, His Mother, Natural Guardian and Next Friend v. Scott Rose, as Superintendent of Schools for Pinellas County, Florida, et al.

496 U.S. 356 · 110 S. Ct. 2430 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 3077

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
89-5383
U.S. Reports
496 U.S. 356
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 2430
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3077

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Mark Howlett, a Minor, by and Through Elizabeth Howlett, His Mother, Natural Guardian and Next Friend v. Scott Rose, as Superintendent of Schools for Pinellas County, Florida, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority

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