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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Robert Lee Shell v. Mississippi

498 U.S. 1 · 111 S. Ct. 313 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 5501

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
89-7279
U.S. Reports
498 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 313
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 5501

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Robert Lee Shell v. Mississippi.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterUnknown

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