1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
Dominic P. Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada
501 U.S. 1030 · 111 S. Ct. 2720 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3820
The record
- Term
- 1990
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 89-1836
- U.S. Reports
- 501 U.S. 1030
- S. Ct. citation
- 111 S. Ct. 2720
- LEXIS citation
- 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3820
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
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