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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Jeanne Farrey, fka Jeanne Sanderfoot v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot

500 U.S. 291 · 111 S. Ct. 1825 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 2906

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
90-350
U.S. Reports
500 U.S. 291
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 1825
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2906

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Jeanne Farrey, fka Jeanne Sanderfoot v. Gerald J. Sanderfoot.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyRegular concurrence
David SouterRegular concurrence

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