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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho

500 U.S. 110 · 111 S. Ct. 1723 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 2786

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
88-7247
U.S. Reports
500 U.S. 110
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 1723
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2786

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Bryan Stuart Lankford v. Idaho.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
David SouterDissent

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