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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

State of Mississippi v. United States

498 U.S. 16 · 111 S. Ct. 380 · 1990 U.S. LEXIS 5616

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Docket
113 ORIG
U.S. Reports
498 U.S. 16
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 380
LEXIS citation
1990 U.S. LEXIS 5616

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in State of Mississippi v. United States.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority

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