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1992 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Ruth O. Shaw, et al. v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al.

509 U.S. 630 · 113 S. Ct. 2816 · 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4406

The record

Term
1992
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
92-357
U.S. Reports
509 U.S. 630
S. Ct. citation
113 S. Ct. 2816
LEXIS citation
1993 U.S. LEXIS 4406

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ruth O. Shaw, et al. v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
David SouterDissent

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