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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division v. Youngblood

497 U.S. 37 · 110 S. Ct. 2715 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 3294

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
89-742
U.S. Reports
497 U.S. 37
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 2715
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3294

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division v. Youngblood.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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