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1992 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo v. City of Hialeah

508 U.S. 520 · 113 S. Ct. 2217 · 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4022

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
91-948
U.S. Reports
508 U.S. 520
S. Ct. citation
113 S. Ct. 2217
LEXIS citation
1993 U.S. LEXIS 4022

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 5 concurring

How each justice voted in Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo v. City of Hialeah.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
William RehnquistRegular concurrence
Antonin ScaliaRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Sandra Day O'ConnorSpecial concurrence
David SouterSpecial concurrence

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