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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

James A. Ford v. Georgia

498 U.S. 411 · 111 S. Ct. 850 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 660

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87-6796
U.S. Reports
498 U.S. 411
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 850
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 660

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in James A. Ford v. Georgia.
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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