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1989 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

United States v. Kokinda et al.

497 U.S. 720 · 110 S. Ct. 3115 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 3460

The record

Term
1989
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88-2031
U.S. Reports
497 U.S. 720
S. Ct. citation
110 S. Ct. 3115
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 3460

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Kokinda et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorJudgment of the Court
Anthony KennedySpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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