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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-1

Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen

500 U.S. 305 · 111 S. Ct. 1833 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 2905

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
89-1008
U.S. Reports
500 U.S. 305
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 1833
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2905

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dwight H. Owen v. Helen Owen.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
John Paul StevensDissent

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