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1993 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Frank B. McFarland v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

512 U.S. 849 · 114 S. Ct. 2568 · 1994 U.S. LEXIS 5085

The record

Term
1993
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
93-6497
U.S. Reports
512 U.S. 849
S. Ct. citation
114 S. Ct. 2568
LEXIS citation
1994 U.S. LEXIS 5085

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Frank B. McFarland v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.
JusticeVote
Harry BlackmunMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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