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1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Janice G. Clark et al. v. Charles 'Buddy' Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.

500 U.S. 646 · 111 S. Ct. 2096 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3021

The record

Term
1990
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
90-952
U.S. Reports
500 U.S. 646
S. Ct. citation
111 S. Ct. 2096
LEXIS citation
1991 U.S. LEXIS 3021

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Janice G. Clark et al. v. Charles 'Buddy' Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
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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