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1995 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Byron Keith Cooper v. Oklahoma

517 U.S. 348 · 116 S. Ct. 1373 · 1996 U.S. LEXIS 2649

The record

Term
1995
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
95-5207
U.S. Reports
517 U.S. 348
S. Ct. citation
116 S. Ct. 1373
LEXIS citation
1996 U.S. LEXIS 2649

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Byron Keith Cooper v. Oklahoma.
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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