1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2
Jeffrey M. Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Janet Malcolm
501 U.S. 496 · 111 S. Ct. 2419 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3630
The record
- Term
- 1990
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 89-1799
- U.S. Reports
- 501 U.S. 496
- S. Ct. citation
- 111 S. Ct. 2419
- LEXIS citation
- 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3630
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
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