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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2

Mark E. Dennis v. Margaret L. Higgins, Director, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.

498 U.S. 439 · 111 S. Ct. 865 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 1142

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
89-1555
U.S. Reports
498 U.S. 439
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 865
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 1142

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mark E. Dennis v. Margaret L. Higgins, Director, Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, et al.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
David SouterMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent

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