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1992 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Lamb'S Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District et al.

508 U.S. 384 · 113 S. Ct. 2141 · 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4019

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
91-2024
U.S. Reports
508 U.S. 384
S. Ct. citation
113 S. Ct. 2141
LEXIS citation
1993 U.S. LEXIS 4019

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Lamb'S Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
David SouterMajority
Antonin ScaliaSpecial concurrence
Anthony KennedySpecial concurrence
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence

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