1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Houston Lawyers' Association, et al. v. Attorney General of Texas, et al.
501 U.S. 419 · 111 S. Ct. 2376 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3628
The record
- Term
- 1990
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 90-813
- U.S. Reports
- 501 U.S. 419
- S. Ct. citation
- 111 S. Ct. 2376
- LEXIS citation
- 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3628
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
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