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1995 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

United States, Federal Communications Commission and Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia et al.

516 U.S. 415 · 116 S. Ct. 1036 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 1551

The record

Term
1995
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
94-1893
U.S. Reports
516 U.S. 415
S. Ct. citation
116 S. Ct. 1036
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 1551

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States, Federal Communications Commission and Janet Reno, Attorney General v. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia et al.
JusticeVote
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority

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