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1991 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-1

Barbara J. Norman, et al. v. Dorothy Reed, et al.

502 U.S. 279 · 112 S. Ct. 698 · 1992 U.S. LEXIS 370

The record

Term
1991
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
90-1126
U.S. Reports
502 U.S. 279
S. Ct. citation
112 S. Ct. 698
LEXIS citation
1992 U.S. LEXIS 370

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Barbara J. Norman, et al. v. Dorothy Reed, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasUnknown

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