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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

United States of America v. State of Louisiana, et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case)

498 U.S. 9 · 111 S. Ct. 377 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 5586

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Docket
9 ORIG
U.S. Reports
498 U.S. 9
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 377
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 5586

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States of America v. State of Louisiana, et al. (Alabama and Mississippi Boundary Case).
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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