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1992 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

El Vocero de Puerto RICO (Caribbean International News Corp.), et al. v. Puerto RICO, et al.

508 U.S. 147 · 113 S. Ct. 2004 · 1993 U.S. LEXIS 3191

The record

Term
1992
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
92-949
U.S. Reports
508 U.S. 147
S. Ct. citation
113 S. Ct. 2004
LEXIS citation
1993 U.S. LEXIS 3191

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in El Vocero de Puerto RICO (Caribbean International News Corp.), et al. v. Puerto RICO, et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority

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